ORDINANCES 

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CITY  OF  HARTFORD 


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j£*  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  i.  Whenever  the  title  to  any  real  estate  shall  have 
JSbeen  acquired  by  the  City  of  Hartford  through  strict  foreclosure 
9'pi  any  tax  or  assessment  lien,  or  through  the  giving  of  said  title 
—to  the  City  to  satisfy  its  claims  for  assessments  or  taxes,  the  City 
—collector  may  sell  the  same  at  public  auction,  either  by  itself  or 
_  with  other  real  estate  so  foreclosed  or  conveyed  to  the  City,  either 
on  the  premises  sold  or  in  his  office,  and  may  execute  in  the  name 
H  of  the  City  a  conveyance  or  conveyances  to  the  purchaser  of  any 
-r- ;  real  estate  so  sold,  and  may  affix  thereto  the  City  seal. 

Sec.  2.  The  City  collector  may,  at  his  discretion,  employ  an 
auctioneer  to  make  such  sale,  and  may  also  fix  a  minimum  price 
below  which  no  bid  may  be  received. 

Sec.  3.  Every  such  sale  shall  be  advertised  by  posting  a 
notice  thereof,  at  least  a  week  in  advance,  on  the  public  signpost 
nearest  to  said  collector’s  office,  and  by  such  other  advertising  as 
he  shall  deem  expedient.  All  the  expenses  of  such  sale  shall  be 
paid  from  the  proceeds  thereof  by  the  City  collector. 

Sec.  4.  %  In  case  the  title  of  the  City  to  property  against  which 
any  school  district  shall  have  a  claim  for  taxes,  shall  become 

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absolute  by  strict  foreclosure,  and  such  property  shall  be  sold  by 
the  City  collector,  then  said  collector  shall  pay  to  such  school 
district  the  amount  of  all  taxes  due  it,  and  to  the  City  the  amount 
of  all  taxes  and  assessments  due  it,  provided  the  net  proceeds  of 
such  sale  shall  be  sufficient  to  pay  both,  and  shall  pay  the  balance, 
if  any,  into  the  City  treasury.  In  case  such  net  proceeds  shall  not 
be  sufficient  to  pay  both,  then  such  proceeds  shall  be  divided 
between  the  City  and  the  school  district  in  proportion  to  the 
amounts  due  each  respectively. 

Sec.  5.  At  any  time  within  two  years  from  the  date  of  such 
sale,  the  owner  of  the  property  at  the  time  of  such  foreclosure  or 
any  incumbrancer  having  an  interest  therein  at  said  time  may 
present  a  claim  to  the  City  treasurer  for  the  payment  to  him  of  the 
proceeds  of  the  sale,  if  any,  in  excess  of  the  costs  and  expenses  of 
such  sale  and  the  aggregate  claims  of  the  City  and  school  district. 

Approved,  Oct.  29,  1907. 


ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  LAYOUT  OF  NEW  HIGHWAYS  AND 
PLOTTING  OF  PRIVATE  PROPERTY. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  i.  No  street  plotted  or  opened  by  any  private  per¬ 
son,  firm  or  corporation  shall  hereafter  be  accepted  by  the  Court 
of  Common  Council  until  the  petition  for  same  with  plot  or  plan 
showing  proposed  location  of  such  street  or  highway,  and  its 
width,  shall  have  been  referred  to  and  approved  by  the  commis¬ 
sion  on  City  plan. 

Sec.  2.  The  town  clerk  shall,  upon  the  filing  in  his  office  of 
any  such  plot  or  plan  showing  layout  of  any  such  proposed  high¬ 
way  or  street,  immediately  send  to  the  party  so  filing  such  plot  or 
plan  a  copy  of  this  ordinance. 

Approved,  Jan.  28,  1908. 


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AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  SUBSTITUTES  OF  THE  FIRE 

DEPARTMENT. 

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Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

All  men  on  the  substitute  roll  of  the  fire  department,  who, 
under  orders  of  the  department,  may  be  called  upon  for  service 
at  large  fires  or  on  special  occasions,  and  do  in  fact  respond  to 
such  calls,  may  be  paid  respectively  through  orders  of  said  depart¬ 
ment  a  sum  not  greater  than  two  dollars  and  fifteen  cents  for  each 
call. 

Approved,  Feb.  n,  1908. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  THE  SALARY  OF  THE  CLERK  OF  THE 

CITY  COURT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

The  salary  of  the  clerk  of  the  City  court  shall  be,  from  and 
after  April  1,  1908,  at  the  rate  of  one  thousand  dollars  per  annum, 
and  in  addition  thereto  he  shall  be  paid  a  sum  at  the  rate  of  five 
hundred  dollars  a  year  to  meet  and  defray  the  expenses  of  his 
office. 

Approved,  Feb.  25,  1908. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  THE  CARE  OF  PUBLIC  CEMETERIES. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  i.  The  care,  management  and  control  of  all  City 
cemeteries  and  burying-grounds  are  hereby  imposed  upon  and 
delegated  to  the  Board  of  Park  Commissioners. 

Sec.  2.  Said  Board  of  Park  Commissioners  are  hereby  vested 
with  all  the  powers  and  shall  have  all  the  duties  in  connection 
with  the  care,  management  and  control  of  said  City  cemeteries 


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and  burying-grounds,  including  the  sale  of  lots  therein,  now  vested 
in,  imposed  upon  or  assumed  by  the  joint  standing  committee  on 
City  cemeteries. 

Sec.  3.  Said  Board  of  Park  Commissioners  shall,  in  carry¬ 
ing  out  the  powers  and  duties  imposed  by  this  ordinance,  have  the 
right  to  employ  such  agents,  servants  and  employees  in  the  care, 
management  and  control  of  such  cemeteries  and  of  the  sale  of  lots 
therein,  with  such  powers  and  responsibilities  as  to  said  Board  of 
Park  Commissioners  may  seem  necessary  and  proper,  and  from 
time  to  time  may  change  the  same  at  pleasure,  and  shall  from  time 
to  time  fix  the  wages  or  compensation  of  such  employees.  Said 
Board  of  Park  Commissioners  may  further  adopt  such  rules  and 
regulations  as  to  the  care,  management  and  control  of  such 
cemeteries  and  burying-grounds,  and  the  sale  of  lots  therein,  as 
said  board  shall  deem  to  be  for  the  proper  management  of  the 
same,  and  may  alter  or  amend  the  same.  Such  rules  and  regula¬ 
tions  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  adopted,  altered  or  amended  by 
said  board  shall,  after  publication  in  accordance  with  the  ordi¬ 
nances  in  reference  to  City  advertising,  have  the  force  of  City 
ordinances. 

Sec.  4.  All  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  any  and  all  lots  in  said 
City  cemeteries  and  burying-grounds  shall,  on  receipt  of  the  same, 
be  transmitted  to  the  City  treasurer,  who  shall  not  cover  the  same 
into  the  City  funds,  but  shall  deposit  the  same  in  such  bank  or 
banks,  trust  company  or  trust  companies  as  may  be  designated  by 
the  Board  of  Finance,  to  be  held  and  retained  by  such  bank  or 
banks,  trust  company  or  trust  companies  as  a  separate  City  fund 
to  be  known  as  the  “  cemetery  fund.” 

Sec.  5.  The  income  of  such  cemetery  fund  as  the  same 
accrues  shall  be  placed  by  the  City  treasurer  at  the  disposal  of 
said  Board  of  Park  Commissioners  in  addition  to  such  amounts 
as  from  time  to  time  may  be  appropriated  therefor  by  the  Court 
of  Common  Council,  to  be  expended  by  said  Board  of 
Park  Commissioners,  if  it  deems  necessary  or  proper,  in 
the  care,  management  and  control  of  such  cemeteries 
and  burying-grounds  and  the  improvement  of  the  same.  Said 
income  of  such  cemetery  fund,  together  with  all  amounts  appro¬ 
priated  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  as  aforesaid,  shall  be 


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deemed  park  funds,  limited  in  their  expenditure  for  the  uses  and 
purposes  of  the  City  cemeteries  and  burying-grounds  under  the 
provisions  hereof,  and  shall  be  paid  out  by  the  City  treasurer  upon 
warrants  signed  by  at  least  three  members  of  the  said  Board  of 
Park  Commissioners. 

Sec.  6.  All  income  accruing  from  such  fund  and  not  so 
drawn  by  said  Board  of  Park  Commissioners  for  the  purposes  as 
above  set  forth  shall,  at  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year,  be  added  to 
the  principal  of  said  cemetery  fund  and  thereafter  held  by  the 
City  treasurer  and  such  depositaries  as  and  for  such  principal. 

Sec.  7.  Said  Board  of  Park  Commissioners  shall  be  limited 
in  expenditures  in  carrying  out  the  powers  and  duties  imposed 
upon  said  board  by  this  ordinance  to  such  amounts  as  from  time 
to  time  may  be  appropriated  therefor  by  the  Court  of  Common 
Council,  but  such  limitation  shall  not  be  deemed  to  prohibit  the 
expenditure  by  said  board  of  such  additional  amount  or  amounts 
as  shall  accrue  as  income  from  said  cemetery  fund. 

Sec.  8.  All  ordinances,  resolutions  or  parts  thereof  hereto¬ 
fore  passed  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  in  reference  to  said 
cemeteries  and  burying-grounds  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  9.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  April  1,  1908. 

Approved,  Feb.  25,  1908. 


AN  ORDINANCE  TO  CARRY  INTO  EFFECT  THE  REVISED  ORDINANCES. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  1.  The  revised  ordinances  reported  to  this  court 
on  the  10th  day  of  February,  1908,  by  the  Ordinance  Committee, 
together  with  all  ordinances  passed  by  this  court  since  the  first  day 
of  October,  1907,  and  this  ordinance,  shall  constitute  the  general 
ordinances  of  the  City  of  Hartford,  and  shall  be  and  become 
operative  on  the  first  day  of  March,  1908,  and  shall  on  said  first 
day  of  March,  1908,  together  with  any  ordinances  that  may  be 
approved  between  said  10th  day  of  February,  1908,  and  said  first, 
day  of  March,  1908,  and  with  all  ordinances  passed  by  this  court 


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since  the  first  day  of  October,  1907,  be  the  ordinances  of  the  City, 
and  all  other  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  shall  be  there¬ 
after  repealed. 

Sec.  2.  The  said  repeal  shall  not  impair  or  affect  any  rights, 
privileges,  immunities,  or  offices  vested  in  the  City  of  Hartford, 
or  in  any  of  its  officers,  or  in  any  person  or  body  corporate,  and 
all  matters,  civil  or  criminal,  commenced  by  virtue  of  the  ordi¬ 
nances  repealed  as  aforesaid,  and  pending  unfinished,  may  be 
prosecuted  to  final  effect  in  the  same  manner  as  if  this  ordinance 
had  not  been  passed,  and  no  ordinance  which  has  been  heretofore 
repealed  shall  be  revived  by  the  repeal  mentioned  in  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  3.  No  offense  committed  and  no  penalty  or  forfeiture 
incurred  under  any  of  the  ordinances  hereby  repealed,  before  the 
time  when  said  repeal  shall  take  effect,  shall  be  affected  by  said 
repeal,  except  that  when  any  penalty,  punishment  or  forfeiture 
shall  have  been  mitigated  by  the  provisions  of  the  revision,  such 
provisions  shall  be  extended  to  any  judgment  to  be  pronounced 
under  said  repeal. 

Sec.  4.  The  rules  of  construction  set  out  in  section  one  of 
the  general  statutes  of  Connecticut  are  hereby  made  binding  upon 
said  revision. 

Approved,  Feb.  25,  1908. 


AN  ORDINANCE  AMENDING  AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  SCHOOL 

OFFICERS. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Coart  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford : 

Section  66  of  the  revised  ordinances  is  hereby  amended  to 
read  as  follows : 

School  officers :  Superintendent  of  schools,  $2,000  per  year ; 
truant  officer,  $1,100  per  year. 

Approved,  March  24,  1908. 


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AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  A  PERMANENT  FORCE  OF  THE  FIRE 

DEPARTMENT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  i.  The  number  of  permanent  substitutes  of  the  fire 
department  shall  hereafter  consist  of  fifteen. 

Sec.  2.  The  force  at  engine  companies  Nos.  5,  6,  7,  8,  and 
12  shall  hereafter  consist  of  the  following  members,  who  shall 
be  permanent  men :  One  foreman,  who  shall  also  be  a  pipeman ; 
one  engineer,  one  stoker,  one  engine  driver,  one  hose  driver,  three 
hosemen,  their  salaries  to  be  in  accordance  with  existing 
ordinances. 

Sec.  3.  The  force  at  chemical  engine  companies  Nos.  9,  10, 
1 1  shall  consist  of  one  foreman,  one  driver,  one  assistant  driver, 
one  pipeman,  the  salary  of  the  foreman  to  be  at  the  rate  of  twelve 
hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

Sec.  4.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  October  1,  1908. 

Sec.  5.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  inconsistent 
herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved,  March  24,  1908. 


AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING,  TO  MOVING  PICTURE  MACHINES. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  i.  That  section  378  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  the 
City  of  Hartford  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  by  the  addi¬ 
tion  of  the  following  at  the  end  of  said  section:  No  moving  pic¬ 
ture  machine  shall  be  operated  in  the  City  of  Hartford  unless  such 
machine  is  enclosed  in  a  metal  booth  that  has  theretofore  received 
the  approval  of  the  building  inspector.  No  operator  shall  operate 
such  machine  until  said  operator  has  received  a  written  permit 
from  such  building  inspector.” 

Approved,  March  24,  1908. 


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AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  NOISE  NUISANCE. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  i.  Paragraph  441  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  the 
City  of  Hartford  is  hereby  amended  by  the  addition  of  the  fol¬ 
lowing  clauses : 

“  The  use  or  operation  of  a  siren  within  the  City  limits. 

“  The  use  or  operation  of  a  whistle,  horn,  bell  or  other  instru¬ 
ment  on  the  streets  of  the  City  in  such  manner  that  excessive  and 
offensive  noise  or  noises  are  produced.” 

Approved,  March  24,  1908. 


AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  ICE, 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford : 

Section  i.  Every  person,  firm  or  corporation  who,  as  a  busi¬ 
ness,  sell  and  deliver  ice  by  weight  within  the  City  limits,  shall 
provide  scales  for  each  wagon  used  by  such  person,  firm  or  cor¬ 
poration  in  the  delivery  of  such  ice. 

Sec.  2.  All  persons  having  charge  of  the  delivery  of  ice  from 
a  vehicle  belonging  to  such  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall, 
upon  the  request  of  a  purchaser  of  ice  from  him  or  from  such 
person,  firm  or  corporation,  weigh  the  same  upon  such  scales  when 
it  is  delivered. 

Sec.  3.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  violating  the  forego¬ 
ing  sections  shall  be  fined  not  less  than  one  dollar  nor  more  than 
fifty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Approved,  March  24,  1908. 


AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  POLICE  DEPARTMENT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  i.  The  police  department  shall  consist  of  one  chief- 
of-police,  one  captain,  one  lieutenant,  five  detective-sergeants,  who 


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shall  perform  general  detective  service,  not  more  than  six  ser¬ 
geants,  one  of  whom,  under  the  direction  of  the  mayor,  may  be 
assigned  as  inspector  of  licenses  and  public  vehicles,  one  police 
matron,  one  hundred  and  five  regular  policemen,  three  drivers, 
and  not  more  than  one  hundred  supernumerary  policemen,  any  of 
whom  may  be  called  into  regular  service  by  the  chief-of-police 
whenever  in  the  opinion  of  the  Police  Board  their  services  may  be 
necessary.  Hereafter  all  appointments  as  regular  policemen  shall 
be  from  the  supernumerary  force.  No  supernumerary  policeman 
shall  be  appinted  to  the  permanent  force  until  he  has  performed 
active  service  for  at  least  six  months. 

Sec.  2.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  inconsistent 
herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved,  March  24,  1908. 


AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  CITY  SCALE. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  i.  That  section  twenty-three  of  the  revised  City 
ordinances  be  amended  by  the  addition  of  the  following,  viz. : 

A  City  weigher,  duly  qualified  as  hereinbefore  specified,  shall 
be  employed  each  year  by  the  sealer  of  weights  and  measures  at 
a  salary  of  not  more  than  six  hundred  dollars  a  year,  who  shall  be 
in  attendance  at  the  City  scales  between  the  hours  of  8  a.  m.  and 
12  m.  and  1  p.  m.  and  6  p.  m.  each  day,  except  Sundays  and  legal 
holidays,  whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  weigh  loads  or  burdens  of  any 
kind  which  shall  be  brought  to  him  for  weighing,  upon  tender  to 
him  of  fee  as  hereinafter  set  forth,  and  who  shall  give  a  certifi¬ 
cate  of  the  weight  of  same  signed  by  him  as  a  City  weigher.  Said 
fee  shall  be  fifteen  cents  for  weighing  each  and  every  load  weighed 
by  him  on  such  scale,  and  the  same  shall  be  paid  by  him  over  to 
the  City  treasurer  at  least  once  each  week.  No  charge  shall  be 
made  for  weighing  a  wagon  or  conveyance  empty  and  separately 
for  the  purpose  of  determining  the  actual  weight  of  the  goods 
contained  in  such  wagon  or  conveyance. 


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If  requested  by  the  purchaser  of  any  article  of  merchandise 
sold  by  weight,  excepting  coal,  the  same  shall  be  weighed  on  said 
City  scales  or  on  other  scales  hereafter  acquired  by  the  City  for 
like  purposes ;  provided,  however,  that  such  articles  exceed  in 
weight  one  hundred  pounds,  and  the  fees  payable  to  said  City 
weigher  for  such  services  shall  be  in  all  cases  paid  by  the  seller 
unless  otherwise  agreed  between  the  parties. 

Approved,  March  24,  1908. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  THE  SALARY  OF  THE  MAYOR’S 

STENOGRAPHER. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford : 

From  and  after  June  15,  1908,  the  salary  of  the  Mayor’s  sten¬ 
ographer  shall  be  at  the  rate  of  $600  per  annum. 

Approved,  May  26,  1908. 


AN  AMENDMENT  TO  THE  CITY  ORDINANCES  RELATING  TO  THE 
SEALER  OF  WEIGHTS  AND  MEASURES. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  29  of  the  revised  ordinances  is  hereby  amended  by 
adding  at  the  end  thereof  the  following  words:  “  Provided  that 
whenever  it  is  practicable  for  the  sealer  of  weights  and  measures 
to  rectify  any  such  weight  so  that  it  shall  conform  to  the  author¬ 
ized  standards,  he  may  do  so,  at  the  request  of  the  owner,  charging 
a  fee  of  five  (5)  cents  for  each  weight  so  rectified,  and  he  shall 
keep  an  account  of  all  fees  so  collected  and  pay  the  same  monthly 
to  the  City  treasurer.” 

Approved,  July  14,  1908. 


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AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  PAY  FOR  CLERK  HIRE  IN  BUILDING 

inspector’s  DEPARTMENT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

That  the  second  clause  of  Section  62,  Chapter  5,  of  the  revised 
ordinances  of  the  City  of  Hartford  is  hereby  amended  so  as  to 
read  as  follows : 

“  Clerk  hire,  so  much  as  is  actually  expended  of  $600.00  per 
year.” 

Approved,  August  11,  1908. 


AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  CAPTAINS  AND  LIEUTENANTS  IN  THE 

FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  1.  Hereafter  the  foreman  of  each  company  in  the 
fire  department  shall  be  known  and  designated  as  captain. 

Sec.  2.  On  and  after  October  1,  1908,  the  Board  of  Tire 
Commissioners  shall  appoint  from  the  permanent  force  of  the  fire 
department  a  lieutenant  for  each  company,  who  shall  act  in  place 
of  and  perform  the  duties  of  the  captain  in  his  absence. 

Sec.  3.  Nothing  herein  shall  be  construed  to  authorize  any 
increase  in  the  number  of  employes  in  any  company. 

Sec.  4.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  inconsistent 
herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved,  September  15,  1908. 


AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  THE  SALARY  OF  LIEUTENANTS  IN 

FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

From  and  after  April  1,  1909,  the  salary  of  the  lieutenant  of 
each  fire  company  shall  be  $50  per  annum  in  addition  to  his  sal¬ 
ary  as  regular  fireman,  and  the  total  salary  of  a  lieutenant  shall 
not  exceed  $1,050  per  annum. 

Approved,  September  29,  1908. 


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AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  SECOND  DEPUTY  CHIEF  IN 

FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  i.  From  and  after  October  15,  1908,  the  office  of 
third  deputy  chief  in  the  fire  department  is  abolished. 

Sec.  2.  From  and  after  October  15,  1908,  the  second  deputy 
chief  shall  be  a  permanent  man. 

Sec.  3.  From  and  after  October  15,  1908,  the  salary  of  the 
second  deputy  chief  shall  be  at  the  rate  of  not  more  than  $1,300 
per  annum. 

Sec.  4.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  inconsistent 
herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved,  September  29,  1908. 


AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  KILLING  ANIMALS  ON  STREETS. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  441  of  the  revised  ordinances  is  hereby  amended  by 
adding  thereto  the  following: 

Depositing  the  body  of  any  dead  animal  in  any  street  or  high¬ 
way  in  the  city  or  killing  any  animal  in  such  street  or  highway 
except  in  case  of  mercy  or  necessity. 

Approved,  September  29,  1908. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  SCATTERING  MANURE,  ETC.,  UPON 

STREETS. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  441  of  the  revised  ordinances  is  hereby  amended  by 
adding  thereto  the  following : 

Carting  manure,  soil  or  other  material  through  the  streets  of 
this  City  in  such  a  manner  as  to  drop  or  scatter  said  manure,  soil 
or  other  material  upon  said  streets. 

Approved,  November  24,  1908. 


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AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  PAYMENT  OF  FIREMEN  FOR  INJURIES 

RECEIVED  IN  COURSE  OF  DUTY. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  i.  Section  184  of  the  revised  ordinances  is  hereby 
amended  to  read  as  follows : 

“  The  necessary  expenses  hereafter  incurred  by  any  member 
of  the  fire  department  in  being  treated  for  injuries  sustained  while 
in  the  actual  performance  of  duty  shall  be  paid  by  the  City  of 
Hartford  out  of  the  general  appropriation  for  the  department  as 
hereinafter  provided.  The  Board  of  Fire  Commissioners  may 
recommend  the  payment  of  such  expenses  and  upon  such  recom¬ 
mendation  by  said  Board  the  Court  of  Common  Council  may 
order  the  controller  to  draw  his  order  upon  the  treasurer  for  the 
amount  so  recommended.” 

Sec.  2.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  inconsistent 
herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved,  December  15,  1908. 


AN  AMENDMENT  TO  THE  ORDINANCES  OF  THE  CITY  OF  HARTFORD 
RELATING  TO  THE  FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  173  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  the  City  of  Hartford 
is  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows : 

“  Section  173.  FIRE  COMPANIES.  There  shall  be  the 
following  fire  companies : 

Engine  companies  Nos.  1,  2,  5,  6,  7,  8  and  12,  seven  steam  fire 
engine  companies,  each  consisting  of  the  following  employees :  one 
captain,  one  lieutenant,  who  shall  both  be  pipemen,  one  engineer, 
one  stoker,  one  engine  driver,  one  hose  driver,  and  two  hosemen. 

Engine  companies  Nos.  3  and  4,  two  self-propelling  fire  engine 
companies,  each  consisting  of  the  following  employees :  one  cap¬ 
tain,  one  lieutenant,  who  shall  both  be  pipemen,  one  engineer,  one 
stoker,  one  tillerman,  one  hose  driver  and  three  hosemen. 


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Chemical  companies  Nos.  9,  10,  11  and  15,  each  consisting  of 
the  following  employees :  one  captain,  one  lieutenant,  who  shall 
both  be  pipemen,  one  driver  and  one  assistant  driver. 

Engine  and  truck  company  No.  14,  consisting  of  one  captain, 
who  shall  be  a  pipeman,  one  lieutenant,  who  shall  be  a  ladderman, 
one  engineer,  one  stoker,  one  engine  driver,  one  hose  driver,  one 
truck  driver,  two  hosemen  and  three  laddermen. 

One  truck  company,  consisting  of  the  following  employes : 
one  captain,  one  lieutenant,  two  drivers,  one  assistant  driver,  two 
tillermen  and  eight  laddermen.” 

This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  from  April  1,  1909. 

All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  inconsistent  herewith  are 
hereby  repealed. 

Approved,  February  9,  1909. 


AN  AMENDMENT  TO  THE  ORDINANCES  CONCERNING  THE  POLICE 

DEPARTMENT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford : 

Section  i.  The  ordinance  “  Concerning  the  Police  Depart¬ 
ment  ”  approved,  March  24,  1908,  is  hereby  amended  by  striking 
out  the  words  “  One  hundred  and  five  regular  policemen  ”  in  the 
fifth  line  thereof  and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  words  “  one 
hundred  and  ten  regular  policemen.” 

Sec.  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  April  1,  1909. 
Approved,  February  24,  1909. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  PAY  OF  ASSISTANT  CLERK  OF  THE 

BOARD  OF  HEALTH. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

From  and  after  the  1st  of  April,  1909,  the  salary  of  the  assist¬ 
ant  clerk  of  the  Board  of  Health  shall  be  thirteen  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars  ($1,350)  per  year. 

Approved,  February  24,  1909. 


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AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  ROLLER  SKATING  ON  THE  STREETS. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

That  Section  441  of  the  revised  ordinances  relating  to  nui¬ 
sances  be  and  it  is  hereby  amended  by  adding  at  the  end  thereof 
the  following : 

Roller  skating  on  the  streets  of  the  City,  except  on  the 
sidewalks. 

Approved,  May  11,  1909. 


AN  ORDINANCE  AMENDING  THE  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  SALARIES 
OF  EMPLOYEES  IN  THE  CHARITY  DEPARTMENT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  61  of  the  revised  ordinances  concerning  the  charity 
department  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  words  and  fig¬ 
ures  in  the  twelfth  and  thirteenth  lines  thereof  “  eleven  thousand 
two  hundred  dollars  ($11,200)  ”  and  inserting  in  place  thereof 
the  words  and  figures  “  twelve  thousand  five  hundred  dollars 
($12,500).” 

Approved,  May  25,  1909. 


AN  ORDINANCE  REGULATING  THE  HEIGHT  OF  FRUIT  AND  VEGETABLE 

STANDS. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford : 

Section  1.  No  person  shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale  or  exhibit 
any  vegetables,  meats,  fruit  or  confectionery,  or  any  other  article 
to  be  used  for  food,  on  the  sidewalk  or  in  front  of  the  place  of 
business  where  such  articles  are  sold,  offered  for  sale,  or 
exhibited,  unless  said  articles  are  placed  upon  a  stand  at  least  two 
feet  high. 

Sec.  2.  Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  Section  1 
hereof  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  an  act  of  nuisance  and  shall  be 


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liable  to  the  penalties  therefor  provided  in  Section  279  of  the 
revised  ordinances. 

Approved,  August  10,  1909. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  THE  STORAGE  OF  MANURE. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  i.  Every  person  owning,  leasing  or  occupying  any 
stall,  shed  or  barn  within  one  and  one-half  miles  of  the  City  Hall 
wherein  any  horse  or  neat  cattle  shall  be  kept  shall  place  all 
manure  and  refuse  from  such  horse  or  cattle  in  covered  recep¬ 
tacles  satisfactory  to  the  superintendent  of  health. 

Sec.  2.  No  collection  of  stable  manure  shall  be  allowed  to 
remain  for  a  longer  period  than  five  days  from  May  1  to 
November  1,  except  upon  such  terms  and  under  such  conditions 
as  the  superintendent  of  health  may  prescribe. 

Sec.  3.  The  violation  of  any  provision  of  this  ordinance  shall 
be  deemed  an  act  of  nuisance  and  shall  be  subject  to  the  penalties 
prescribed  in  Section  279  of  the  revised  ordinances. 

Approved,  August  10,  1909. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  SALARIES  IN  THE  POLICE  DEPARTMENT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  1.  That  Section  57  of  the  revised  ordinances  is 


hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows : 

1.  Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Police  Commissioners,  .  $250 

Chief  of  police,  .......  2,500 

Captain,  .........  2,000 

Lieutenant,  ........  1,600 

Chief  of  detectives,  .......  L5°° 

Each  detective-sergeant,  ......  1,400 

Each  sergeant,  ........  1,200 

Matron,  .........  480 


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2.  The  policemen  of  the  regular  force  shall  be  divided  into 
three  grades.  All  policemen  shall  serve  the  first  two  years  after 
appointment  in  the  third  grade,  the  next  succeeding  three  years 
in  the  second  grade,  and  after  five  years  in  the  first  grade. 

3.  The  pay  of  policemen  of  the  regular  force  shall  be  at  the 
following  rates : 

First  grade,  $3.25  per  day  of  actual  service. 

Second  grade,  $3.00  per  day  of  actual  service. 

Third  grade,  $2.75  per  day  of  actual  service. 

Such  regular  policemen  as  may  be  included  in  the  third  grade 
by  term  of  service,  but  who  were  appointed  to  the  regular  force 
from  supernumeraries  appointed  prior  to  March  29,  1898,  or  from 
the  first  thirteen  supernumeraries  appointed  after  said  date,  shall 
continue  to  receive  compensation  at  the  rate  fixed  by  the  present 
ordinance  during  their  term  of  service  in  the  third  grade. 

4.  The  pay  of  supernumerary  policemen  shall  be  $2.50  per 
day  while  acting  in  the  place  of,  or  performing  the  duties  of  a 
regular  policeman,  and  no  allowance  shall  be  made  for  any  extra 
time  of  service  during  any  day  of  twenty-four  hours.  This  shall 
not  affect  the  first  thirteen  supernumeraries  appointed  after 
March  29,  1898,  nor  supernumeraries  appointed  before  that  date. 

5.  In  addition  to  the  foregoing  compensation  there  may  be 
made  to  any  police  officer  an  allowance  for  his  uniform  damaged 
while  on  duty,  upon  the  recommendation  and  approval  of  th^ 
Board  of  Police  Commissioners. 

Sec.  II.  Section  198  of  the  revised  ordinances  is  hereby 
amended  so  as  to  read : 

No.  198.  Leave  of  Absence.  Each  member  of  the  regular 
force  of  policemen  shall  hereafter  have  a  leave  of  absence  of 
twelve  days  in  each  year  without  loss  of  pay.  The  days  are  to  be 
selected  by  the  policemen  with  the  consent  of  the  Board  of  Police 
Commissioners. 

Sec.  III.  Section  199  of  the  revised  ordinances  is  hereby 
repealed. 

Sec.  IV.  Section  200  of  the  revised  ordinances  is  hereby 
amended  so  as  to  read : 


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No.  200.  Leave  of  Absence  for  Supernumerary  Policemen. 
The  Board  of  Police  Commissioners  is  hereby  authorized  to  grant 
to  supernumerary  policemen  of  the  City  of  Hartford  who  are 
doing  regular  police  duty,  leave  of  absence  without  loss  of  pay 
at  the  rate  of  one  day’s  leave  of  absence  per  month,  while  so 
employed.  Nothing  in  this  section,  however,  shall  be  deemed  to 
authorize  such  grant  unless  such  supernumerary  policeman  is 
assigned  to  perform  and  is  performing  regular  police  duty  for  a 
continuous  period  of  at  least  one  calendar  month. 

Sec.  V.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  inconsistent 
herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  VI.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  from  and  after 
April  i,  1910. 

Approved,  August  10,  1909. 


AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  PAY  OF  CLERK  OF  CHARITY 

DEPARTMENT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford : 

That  the  sixth  line  of  Section  61  of  the  revised  ordinances 
relating  to  salaries  in  the  Charity  department  is  amended  so  as 
to  read  as  follows : 

“  Clerk,  $1,800.00  per  year.” 

Approved,  September  28,  1909. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  THE  DISTRIBUTION  OF  DRUGS,  ETC. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

That  any  person  who  shall  distribute  or  give  away  any  bottle, 
box,  envelope  or  package  containing  any  liquid,  medicine,  pill, 
powder,  tablet  or  other  article  which  contains  a  drug  or  poison  in 
any  street  or  highway  or  from  house  to  house  shall  be  fined  not 
more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Approved,  December  14,  1909. 


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AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  THE  INTERRUPTION  OF  PASSAGE 

ALONG  SIDEWALKS. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

That  the  owner  of  property  before  which  vehicles  are  fre¬ 
quently  unloaded  by  means  of  skids  laid  across  the  sidewalk  in 
front  of  said  property  so  that  free  passage  aloftg  said  sidewalk  is 
interrupted  shall  be  required  to  furnish  and  put  in  place  steps 
over  said  skids.  Failure  to  furnish  and  place  in  position  said 
steps  shall  constitute  a  public  nuisance  and  be  subject  to  the  pen¬ 
alties  provided  in  the  ordinance  concerning  nuisances  relating  to 
highways. 

Approved,  December  14,  1909. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  OPENINGS  IN  STREETS  AND  SIDEWALKS. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford : 

Section  i.  No  person  or  persons,  firm  or  corporation,  access 
to  a  portion  of  whose  property  is  had  through  an  opening  in  the 
sidewalks  or  streets  of  this  city,  shall  uncover  said  opening  until 
a  suitable  cage  or  guard  is  placed  around  said  opening. 

Sec.  2.  Any  person  or  persons,  firm  or  corporation  who  shall 
violate  any  provision  of  Section  1  hereof  shall  be  fined  not  more 
than  $50  for  each  offense. 

Approved,  December  28,  1909. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  THE  POWERS  OF  THE  SEALER  OF 

WEIGHTS  AND  MEASURES. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford : 

Section  i.  The  sealer  of  weights  and  measures  may,  at  such 
reasonable  times  as  he  shall  see  fit,  intercept  in  the  process  of 


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delivery  from  the  seller  to  the  buyer  goods  sold  by  weight  or 
measure  or,  in  cases  where  goods  are  exposed  for  sale  in  pack¬ 
ages  or  parcels  represented  as  being  of  a  certain  weight  or  meas¬ 
ure,  take  up  and  weigh  or  measure  such  goods,  and  it  shall  be  his 
duty  to  report  to  the  prosecuting  attorney  any  instances  where 
the  goods  are  sold  or  exposed  for  sale  as  being  of  greater  weight, 
measure  or  quantity  than  such  goods  do  in  fact  weigh  or  measure. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  said  sealer  of  weights  and 
measures  to  enter  any  store,  house,  building,  yard  or  other  enclo¬ 
sure  in  this  city  where  goods  are  sold  by  weight  or  measure  or 
offered  for  sale  in  packages  or  parcels  represented  to  be  of  a  cer¬ 
tain  weight  or  measure  for  the  purposes  specified  in  Section  i 
hereof. 

Sec.  3.  This  ordinance  shall  not  apply  to  the  sale  of  milk. 

Sec.  4.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  inconsistent 
herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved,  January  25,  1910. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  THE  FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford : 

Section  173  of  the  revised  ordinances,  as  amended,  and  Sec¬ 
tion  177  are  hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

Section  173.  FIRE  COMPANIES.  Each  fire  company  shall 
have  one  captain,  one  lieutenant  and  such  other  regular  employees 
as  may  be  assigned  to  it  by  the  Board  of  Fire  Commissioners,  the 
total  number  of  all  such  officers  and  other  regular  employees  in 
said  companies  not  to  exceed  140,  including  one  engineer  for 
each  steam  fire  engine  company. 

Section  177.  EQUIPMENT  AND  ORGANIZATION  OF 
FIRE  COMPANIES.  The  several  fire  companies  shall  be 
located,  organized  and  equipped  as  the  Board  of  Fire  Commis¬ 
sioners  shall  designate. 

Approved,  January  25,  1910. 


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RULES  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  HEALTH  REGARDING  THE  PLUMBING  AND 
DRAINAGE  OF  NEW  HOUSES,  AND  HOUSES  ALREADY  BUILT, 
WHENEVER  MATERIAL  ALTERATIONS  ARE  TO  BE  MADE. 

After  April  1,  1910,  the  plumbing  and  drainage  of  all  new 
houses  and  of  houses  already  built,  when  material  alterations  are 
made,  must  be  constructed  in  accordance  with  the  following 
specifications. 


SPECIFICATIONS. 

Section  1.  Every  plumber,  before  doing  any  work  in  or 
upon  any  building,  shall,  except  in  the  case  of  the  repair  of  leaks, 
file  at  the  office  of  the  Board  of  Health  upon  blanks  to  be  pro¬ 
vided  for  the  purpose,  a  notice  and  description  of  the  work  to  be 
performed,  and  no  plumber  shall  start  any  work  until  he  has 
obtained  from  the  Board  of  Health  a  permit  to  do  the  same. 


DRAINS. 

Sec.  2.  All  houses  and  other  buildings  on  premises  abutting 
on  a  street  in  which  there  is  a  sewer,  shall  be  connected  with  said 
sewer  by  the  owner  or  agent  of  the  premises.  Each  house  must 
be  separately  connected  with  the  sewer,  and  when  possible  the 
connection  must  be  dilectly  in  the  front  of  the  house  or  premises. 

The  plumbing  and  drainage  system,  including  rain  leaders  of 
every  building,  shall  be  entirely  separate  from  that  of  any  other, 
except  where  there  are  two  buildings  on  one  lot,  one  in  the  rear 
of  the  other. 

If  there  is  no  sewer  in  the  alley  to  which  the  rear  building 
can  connect,  the  sewer  of  the  first  building  may  be  extended  to 
serve  such  rear  building. 

Sec.  3.  All  material  must  be  of  good  quality  and  free  from 
defects.  All  work  must  be  executed  in  a  thorough  and  workman¬ 
like  manner. 

Sec.  4.  All  horizontal  house  drains  within,  and  to  a  distance 
of  six  feet  outside  the  walls  of  buildings,  shall  be  of  extra  heavy 
cast  iron  pipe,  thoroughly  tarred,  at  least  four  inches  in  diameter 


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for  the  main  drain,  or  of  such  larger  size  as  the  plumbing  inspec¬ 
tor  may  direct,  and  not  less  than  three  inches  in  diameter  for 
sinks,  trays,  or  other  fixtures,  with  tight  caulked,  leaded  joints, 
and  shall  be  located  so  as  to  be  readily  accessible  for  inspection. 
The  house  drain  within  the  building  shall  be  securely  hung  on  the 
cellar  wall  or  the  cellar  ceiling,  unless  this  is  impracticable,  in 
which  case  it  must  be  laid  in  a  trench-  of  uniform  grade.  The 
house  drain  shall  have  a  fall  of  at  least  one-quarter  of  an  inch  to 
the  foot,  and  more  if  possible. 

CLEANOUTS  AND  TRAPS. 

Sec.  5.  No  special  connections,  cleanouts,  traps  or  fittings 
shall  be  used  without  first  being  approved  by  the  Board  of  Health. 
Cleanout  plugs  and  ferrules  shall  be  of  extra  heavy  brass  and 
shall  be  placed  at  every  right  angle  turn  in  the  drain.  All  traps 
shall  be  provided  with  suitable  accessible  openings  for  cleaning 
purposes  and  all  such  openings  shall  be  exposed  to  view. 

Sec.  6.  A  running  trap  may  be  placed  on  the  house  drain  at 
an  accessible  point  near  the  house  wall.  It  may  be  just  inside  or 
outside  of  the  wall.  This  trap  must  be  furnished  with  openings 
on  the  house  side  and  street  side  of  the  trap,  having  brass  clean¬ 
out  plug  caulked  into  same,  and  brought  near  the  surface  for 
convenience  in  cleaning. 

Sec.  7.  The  trap  on  the  main  drain  shall  have  an  air  inlet 
of  iron  pipe,  not  less  than  four  inches  in  diameter,  where  the 
drain  is  six  inches  or  less  in  diameter,  entering  on  the  house  side 
of  the  trap  and  leading  to  the  outer  air,  opening  at  some  place 
not  less  than  ten  feet  from  the  nearest  window  or  opening  into 
the  building,  and  not  less  than  fifteen  feet  from  any  ventilator,  or 
air  box,  and  shall  also  be  provided  with  a  cleanout  on  the  street 
side  of  the  trap  which  shall  be  brought  to  the  surface  of  the 
ground. 

SURFACE  DRAINAGE. 

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Sec.  8.  Every  cellar  not  provided  with  a  cellar  drainer  shall 
have  a  deep  seal  trap  for  surface  drainage  provided  with  a  brass 
cleanout  plug  caulked  into  the  inlet  of  same,  and  a  brass  flap  or 


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back-water  valve  on  the  house  side  of  the  trap,  which  must  be 
located  where  it  will  be  accessible  at  all  times. 

The  trap  must  be  set  level  so  as  to  maintain  a  full  seal  of 
water,  and  so  arranged  that  the  surface  of  the  water  in  the  trap 
shall  not  be  lower  than  the  inlet  to  the  trap. 

Surface  drains  must  never  be  connected  directly  with  the  trap, 
but  shall  enter  an  open  well  that  shall  be  built  around  the  trap. 

Sec.  9.  Cellars  and  foundation  walls  must  be  rendered 
impervious  to  dampness,  and  subsoil  drains  must  be  provided 
when  necessary. 

SOIL  AND  WASTE  PIPES. 

Sec.  10.  Every  vertical  soil  and  main  waste  pipe  must  be  of 
“  extra  heavy  ”  tarred  iron  pipe,  and  must  extend  of  full  size 
through  and  above  the  roof,  at  least  two  feet,  except  in  case  of 
flat  roofs,  when  it  must  extend  at  least  six  feet  above  the  roof. 

When  waste  pipes  are  less  than  four  inches  in  diameter  they 
must  be  increased  to  that  size  from  a  point  twenty  inches  below 
the  roof. 

No  cap  or  cowl  shall  be  put  upon  the  top  of  such  ventilation 
pipe,  but  a  strong  wire  basket  may  be  securely  fastened  to  it. 

All  roof  flanges  must  be  made  of  sheet  lead  or  copper,  subject 
to  the  approval  of  the  plumbing  inspector. 

Each  length  of  the  soil  or  waste  pipe  must  be  securely  fas¬ 
tened,  and  each  vertical  line  of  pipe  must  rest  at  its  base  on  a 
proper  foundation  to  prevent  settling. 

All  joints  in  cast  iron  drain,  soil,  waste  and  vent  pipes  must 
be  so  filled  with  oakum  and  molten  lead,  and  caulked,  as  to  make 
them  water  and  air  tight,  and  no  joint  shall  be  painted  until 
tested  by  the  inspector  of  plumbing.  Where  screw  joints  are 
used  the  fittings  shall  be  recessed  drainage  fittings  the  joints  to 
be  made  up  in  red  lead  and  made  tight,  the  same  as  cast  iron  pipe. 
Galvanized,  malleable  or  cast  iron  steam  fittings  may  be  used  for 
ventilation. 

Sec.  11.  All  changes  in  direction  in  iron  pipes  shall  be  made 
with  curved  pipes,  and  all  connections  with  Y  branches  and  one- 
sixteenth  or  one-eighth  bends,  if  possible.  The  canting  of  pipes 
is  prohibited. 


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Double  Y’s,  T  Y’s  or  cross  T’s  shall  not  be  used  on  horizontal 
drains.  Long  single  T  Y’s  with  branch  equal  in  length  to  that 
of  a  Y  and  forty-five  degree  bend  may  be  used. 

Double  Y’s  and  T  Y’s  and  short  T  Y’s  may  be  used  only  on 
vertical  pipes.  T’s  may  be  used  only  for  vents. 

Sec.  12.  All  soil  pipes  must  be  at  least  four  inches  in  diam¬ 
eter.  A  waste  pipe  receiving  the  discharge  from  more  than  six 
fixtures  must  be  at  least  three  inches  in  diameter  and  shall  have 
a  two-inch  branch. 

Sec.  13.  All  iron  pipe  must  be  sound,  free  from  holes,  cracks 
or  defects,  and  of  grade  known  in  commerce  as  “extra  heavy  ” 
except  above  all  fixtures  where  “  Standard  ”  pipe  may  be  used. 

The  following  weights  per  lineal  foot  will  be  accepted : 

2  inches  5  pounds  per  foot. 

3  inches  9)^  pounds  per  foot. 

4  inches  13  pounds  per  foot. 

5  inches  17  pounds  per  foot. 

6  inches  20  pounds  per  foot. 

All  fittings  used  in  connecting  iron  pipe  shall  correspond  with 
it  in  weight  and  quality. 

Sec.  14.  All  drain,  soil,  waste,  vent  and  supply  pipes  shall  be 
as  straight,  direct  and  concentrated  as  possible,  and  so  placed  as 
to  be  readily  accessible  for  inspection.  When  necessarily  placed 
within  partitions  or  recesses  in  walls  they  must  never  be  covered 
except  with  wood  work  fastened  with  screws,  and  so  arranged  as 
to  be  readily  removed. 

Sec.  15.  Wrought  iron  hangers  (double  hangers)  one-half 
inch  in  diameter  will  be  required  for  five-  and  six-inch  pipe,  three- 
eighths  inch  for  three-  and  four-inch  pipe,  and  one-quarter  inch 
for  two-inch  pipe.  Hangers,  clamps,  or  suitable  brick  piers  must 
be  placed  at  intervals  of  seven  and  one-half  feet. 

Sec.  16.  All  connections  of  lead  with  iron  pipes  must  be 
made  with  a  brass  sleeve  or  ferrule  of  the  proper  size,  put  in  the 
hub  of  the  iron  pipe,  and  caulked  with  oakum  and  lead.  The  lead 
pipe  must  be  connected  to  the  brass  by  a  wiped  joint. 


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VENTILATION. 

Sec.  i 7.  All  traps  must  be  protected  from  syphonage  or  back 
air  pressure  by  a  vertical  air  pipe  of  cast  or  galvanized  iron,  in 
no  case  less  than  two  inches  in  diameter  for  one,  two,  or  three 
water  closets,  and  not  less  than  three  inches  in  diameter  for  more 
than  three  water  closets. 

Sec.  18.  The  vent  pipes  for  four  sets  of  fixtures,  such  as 
sinks  and  wash  trays,  or  wash  bowls  and  bath  tubs,  shall  be  not 
less  than  one  and  one-half  inches  in  diameter,  and  for  more  than 
four  fixtures  the  pipe  shall  be  two  inches  in  diameter. 

Sec.  19.  In  case  of  fixtures  located  at  a  distance  of  eight 
feet  from  the  main  line  of  vent  pipe,  a  separate  line  of  vent  pipe 
in  no  case  less  than  two  inches  in  diameter  for  water  closet  traps, 
and  one-half  inch  in  diameter  for  other  traps,  shall  be  used. 
These  vent  pipes  must  be  increased  to  four  inches  before  going 
through  the  roof. 

Sec.  20.  When  more  than  thirty  feet  of  vent  pipe  is  used, 
it  must  be  increased  to  at  least  one  size  larger  pipe. 

Sec.  21.  The  diameter  of  vent  connection  for  traps  shall  be 
not  less  than  the  waste  pipes  they  serve,  except  water  closet  vents 
which  shall  be  not  less  than  two  inches,  and  which  shall  be  taken 
from  near  the  top  of  the  bend  between  the  water  closet  and  the 
entrance  of  the  bath  or  other  waste,  and  as  near  to  the  water 
closet  as  practicable. 

Sec.  22.  Vents  for  other  traps  shall  be  taken  from  near  the 
crown  or  from  the  top  of  the  waste  pipe  near  the  trap,  but  in  no 
case  from  inside  of  the  crown  of  the  trap. 

Sec.  23.  Vent  connections  shall  be  made  so  as  to  conform 
with  the  flow  of  water. 

Where  T’s  or  T  Y’s  are  used  they  shall  be  installed  so  as  to 
conform  to  the  flow  of  the  air.  Continuous  vents  may  be  used 
only  on  wash  bowls,  unless  special  permission  is  given  in  writing 
by  the  Board  of  Health. 

Sec.  24.  Bowing  of  vent  pipes  shall  not  be  allowed. 

Sec.  25.  Rubber  vent  couplings  and  brass  vent  couplings  for 
lead  and  iron  pipe  will  not  be  allowed  under  any  circumstances. 


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LEADERS. 

Sec.  26.  Rain  water  leaders  must  never  be  used  as  soil, 
waste  or  vent  pipes,  nor  shall  any  soil,  waste,  or  vent  pipes  be  used 
as  a  leader. 

Sec.  27.  All  leaders  which  are  carried  up  within  the  walls 
of  a  building  must  be  of  extra  heavy  tarred  cast  or  extra  heavy 
galvanized  iron  and  shall  be  connected  with  the  roof  by  a  heavy 
lead  or  copper  spout  which  must  not  be  put  in  until  a  heavy 
brass  ferrule  or  soldering  nipple  be  connected  to  the  same  by  a 
wiped  or  heavy  soldered  joint  and  properly  connected  to  the  iron 
pipe. 

Slip  joint  on  these  connections  will  not  be  allowed. 

Sec.  28.  All  roof  leaders  shall  be  properly  trapped  below 
the  frost  line  as  near  the  main  drain  as  practicable,  and  shall  be 
provided  with  openings  having  heavy  brass  ferrules  caulked  into 
the  same  for  cleaning  purposes. 

Sec.  29.  All  leader  drains  from  above  the  ground  to  the 
distance  of  six  feet  from  the  outside  of  the  cellar  walls  of  the 
building  shall  be  of  extra  heavy  cast  iron  pipe,  and  shall  not  be 
buried  until  after  inspection  by  the  Board  of  Health. 

STEAM  EXHAUST. 

Sec.  30.  No  steam  exhaust,  blowoff,  or  drip  pipe  from  a 
steam  boiler  shall  connect  with  the  sewer,  or  with  any  drain  or 
soil  or  waste  pipe. 

Such  pipes  must  discharge  into  a  tank  or  condenser  from 
which  a  suitable  outlet  to  the  drain  may  be  provided. 

No  overflow  from  an  expansion  tank  for  hot  water  heater 
shall  connect  with  any  drainage  system,  unless  a  suitable  tapped 
fitting  be  provided  for  such  connections. 

Sec.  31.  When  lead  pipes  are  used  to  connect  fixtures  with 
soil,  waste,  or  vent  pipes,  it  must  not  be  lighter  than  the  size 
specified  below : 

1%  inch  in  diameter  2^>  lbs.  per  foot. 

ij4  inch  in  diameter  y/2  lbs.  per  foot. 

2  inch  in  diameter  4^4  lbs.  per  foot. 

3  inch  in  diameter  6  lbs.  per  foot. 

4  inch  in  diameter  8  lbs.  per  foot. 


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Sec.  32.  Lead  traps  and  bends  must  be  of  the  same  weight 
per  running  foot  as  the  lead  pipe  of  corresponding  size. 

Lead  waste  pipes  shall  not  exceed  six  feet  in  length.  Waste 
pipes  over  six  feet  shall  be  of  iron. 

Sec.  33.  The  waste  pipes  from  all  fixtures  must  be  separately 
and  effectively  trapped.  Traps  must  be  placed  as  near  the  fixtures 
as  practicable,  and  in  no  case  shall  the  trap  be  more  than  two  feet 
from  the  fixture.  Each  bath  tub  must  be  fitted  with  a  four-inch 
pot  trap  having  a  one  and  three-fourth-inch  seal.  When  a  wash 
tray  and  kitchen  sink  are  on  the  same  waste  pipe,  they  may  be 
trapped  together,  but  the  outlet  must  not  be  less  than  two  inches  in 
diameter. 

A  suitable  grease  trap  must  be  placed  under  the  sink  of  every 
hotel,  restaurant,  eating  house,  or  other  cooking  establishment. 

Sec.  34.  Waste  pipes  from  refrigerators,  from  safes  under 
fixtures,  or  overflow  from  house  tanks,  shall  in  no  case  be  directly 
connected  with  any  soil  or  waste  pipe,  or  with  any  drain  or  sewer. 

Sec.  35.  A  lead  pipe  from  two  fixtures,  such  as  sink  and 
wash  trays,  or  wash  bowl  and  bath  tub,  shall  not  be  less  than  one 
and  one-half  inches  in  diameter.  The  following  sizes  of  lead  pipes 
and  traps  shall  be :  water  closets,  four  inches ;  slop  sinks,  three 
inches ;  urinals,  two  inches ;  bath  tubs,  one  and  one-half  inches ; 
basins,  one  and  one-half  inches. 

Sec.  36.  All  vertical  waste  pipes  shall  be  of  iron. 

Sec.  37.  All  connections  of  lead  supply,  waste,  vent,  or  flush 
pipes  shall  be  made  by  means  of  wiped  joints,  and  shall  be  sup¬ 
ported  their  entire  length  by  means  of  lead  tacks,  or  clips  screwed 
to  boards  provided  for  the  purpose. 

WATER  CLOSETS. 

Sec.  38.  Water  closets  must  never  be  placed  in  a  cellar  or 
in  an  unventilated  apartment.  Each  room  or  compartment  must 
be  of  such  size  as  to  give  at  least  two  feet  in  front  of  the  closet, 
and  if  containing  a  bath  tub  at  least  eighteen  inches  clear  space  in 
front  of  the  tub  for  its  entire  length.  It  must  be  well  lighted 
and  ventilated  to  the  outer  air  by  a  window  of  at  least  three 
square  feet  in  area,  and  so  arranged  as  to  give  a  free  opening  of 
this  size  when  open,  or  be  separately  ventilated  by  means  of  an 


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approved  shaft  or  air  duct.  In  the  latter  case  a  suitable  fixed 
window  of  at  least  twelve  square  feet  in  area  shall  be  provided  in 
the  enclosing  partitions,  suitably  arranged  to  admit  the  natural 
light  from  the  adjoining  room.  When  such  room  or  compart¬ 
ment  is  located  in  or  closely  adjacent  to  a  room  used  as  a  dwell¬ 
ing,  bake  shop,  market,  provision  store,  or  in  any  case  in  which 
escaping  odors  would  cause  a  nuisance,  all  partitions  must  be 
made  tight  with  lath  and  plaster  or  by  such  other  method  as  may 
be  approved  by  the  plumbing  inspector. 

Closets  and  urinals  when  intended  for  public  use  shall  be  local 
vented  into  a  hot  flue,  or  if  such  flue  is  not  available,  a  suitable 
exhaust  fan  shall  be  provided. 

Lead  waste  connections  from  urinals  shall  in  no  case  be  less 
than  two  inches  in  diameter. 

All  water  closets  must  be  connected  by  a  floor  flange  and  gas¬ 
ket  and  must  be  leaded.  Putty  connections  cannot  be  used.. 

Sec.  39.  Pan-closets  and  iron  hopper  and  plunger  closets  are 
prohibited.  They  will  not  be  allowed  under  any  circumstances 
and  wherever  removed  shall  not  be  replaced.  Offset  washout 
water  closets  shall  not  be  placed  in  a  new  building,  nor  shall  they 
take  the  place  of  another  closet  without  a  special  permit  from  the 
Board  of  Health. 

Sec.  40.  All  water  closets  must  be  supplied  with  an  abund¬ 
ant  flow  of  water  for  flushing,  and  where  practicable  from  a  tank. 

VAULTS  AND  CESSPOOLS. 

Sec.  41.  When  there  is  no  sewer  provided  in  the  street,  the 
privy  vault  shall  be  at  least  six  feet  deep,  of  the  length  and  width 
of  the  privy  building.  The  walls  shall  be  of  brick  or  stone,  laid 
with  a  full  joint  of  cement  mortar;  the  bottom  shall  be  covered 
with  brick  or  stone,  laid  in  cement  mortar,  and  the  whole  interior 
of  the  vault  shall  be  plastered  with  same,  so  as  to  be  perfectly 
tight  when  completed.  All  privy  vaults  shall  be  at  least  fifty  feet 
from  a  street  or  well  and  fifty  feet  from  a  house. 

Sec.  42.  A  cesspool  shall  be  provided  and  built  in  the  same 
manner  and  of  the  same  materials  as  described  for  privy  vaults, 
except  that  an  overflow  shall  be  provided  that  may  enter  tiles  laid 
under  ground  with  open  joints  permitting  liquids  to  permeate  the 


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land,  provided  there  is  no  well  within  fifty  feet  of  same.  The 
cesspool  shall  be  provided  with  a  ventilated  top  and  covered  with 
a  suitable  opening  for  cleaning  same.  Connections  with  cesspool 
shall  be  made  in  the  same  manner  as  connections  to  street  sewer. 

TESTS. 

Sec.  43.  The  entire  system  of  plumbing,  including  lead  con¬ 
nections  and  drains  within  the  building,  must  be  tested  by  filling 
the  whole  system  with  water,  and  having  it  remain  filled  for  at 
least  twenty-four  hours. 

Sec.  44.  When  the  plumbing  is  found  to  stand  the  test  for 
the  time  specified,  notice  shall  be  given  to  the  Board  of  Health, 
whose  inspector  shall  within  a  reasonable  time  proceed  to  inspect 
same,  and  approve  or  reject  it. 

Sec.  45.  Any  such  system  put  in  and  covered  before  it  has 
been  tested  and  approved  by  the  inspector,  must  be  uncovered  for 
examination  at  the  direction  of  said  officer. 

Sec.  46.  When  the  entire  work  is  completed  and  before  it  is 
used,  it  must  be  tested  with  peppermint  or  some  other  practical 
test  in  the  presence  of  the  plumbing  inspector,  and  upon  satisfac¬ 
tory  completion  of  said  work,  the  Board  of  Health  shall  issue  a 
certificate  of  approval. 

Sec.  47.  Whenever  any  changes  are  made  in  the  plumbing 
or  drainage  of  houses  already  erected,  all  new  work  must  be  done 
in  accordance  with  the  preceding  rules. 

Sec.  48.  Deviations  and  variations  from  these  rules  will  be 
allowed  when  desired,  if,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Board,  they  will 
not  be,  or  are  not  liable  to  become  a  source  of  danger  to  the 
public  health. 

Approved,  January  25,  1910. 


AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  THE  LICENSING  OF  PLUMBERS. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council : 

That  Section  296  of  the  revised  ordinances  be  amended  to  read 
as  follows : 

The  Board  of  Health  shall  issue  licenses  to  plumbers  as  here¬ 
inafter  provided  and  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  licenses  so  issued. 


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Every  plumber  carrying  on  his  trade  in  the  City  of  Hartford 
must,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  April,  1910,  apply  to  the 
Board  of  Health  for  a  license  as  a  plumber,  and  shall,  before 
receiving  such  license,  be  examined  as  to  his  qualifications  as  a 
plumber,  in  accordance  with  such  rules  and  regulations  as  the 
Board  of  Health  may  prescribe.  Every  master  plumber,  while 
engaged  in  the  plumbing  business  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  who 
is  not  himself  a  licensed  plumber,  shall,  after  the  first  day  of 
April,  1910,  have  in  his  employ  at  least  one  licensed  plumber. 
Every  master  plumber  shall  display  in  a  prominent  and  conspicu¬ 
ous  place  in  his  place  of  business  his  own  license,  or  if  he  is  not 
himself  a  licensed  plumber,  the  license  of  at  least  one  of  the 
licensed  plumbers  who  may  at  that  time  be  in  his  actual  employ, 
and  shall  not  so  display  any  license,  other  than  his  own,  unless 
the  plumber  holding  said  license  is  actually  working  for  him. 

Approved,  March  1,  1910. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  SALARIES  OF  THE  POLICE  DEPARTMENT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council: 

Section  1.  That  Section  57  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  the 
City  of  Hartford,  as  amended  by  “  An  Ordinance  Concerning 
Salaries  in  the  Police  Department,”  passed  August  9,  1909,  and 
approved  August  10,  1909,  be,  and  the  same  hereby  is  further 
amended,  by  striking  out  the  words  “  Each  Sergeant,”  the  figures 
“  $1,200.00  ”  and  inserting  in  lieu  thereof  the  figures  “  $1,300.00.” 

Sec.  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  April 
1,  1910. 

Approved,  February  15,  1910. 


AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  THE  SALE  OF  HUMAN  FOOD. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford : 

No  person  shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale,  or  have  in  his  possession 
with  intent  to  sell  for  human  food,  in  this  city,  any  unwholesome, 


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decayed  or  stale  fruit,  vegetables  or  provisions  of  any  kind  what¬ 
soever,  or  any  tainted,  diseased,  decayed  or  unwholesome  meat, 
fowl,  or  fish,  or  any  milk  or  other  liquid  used  as  food  or  drink  by 
human  beings  that  shall  be  so  contaminated  as  to  be  injurious  to 
the  public  health ;  or  the  flesh  of  any  calf  which  weighed  less 
than  fifty  pounds  when  killed  and  dressed,  or  which  was  less  than 
four  weeks  old  when  killed. 

Every  person  being  the  owner,  lessee  or  occupant  of  any 
rooms,  stall,  vehicle  or  place  where  any  meat,  fish,  birds  or  fowl, 
fruit  or  vegetables,  or  any  breadstufifs,  cake,  pastry  or  confec¬ 
tionery  designed  or  held  for  human  food,  shall  be  stored  or  kept 
or  shall  be  ofifered  for  sale,  shall  put  and  keep  such  room,  stall, 
vehicle  or  place  and  its  appurtenanes  in  a  clean  and  wholesome 
condition ;  and  every  person  having  charge  or  interested  or 
engaged,  whether  as  principal  or  agent,  in  the  care  or  custody  of 
any  meat,  fish,  birds  or  fowl,  fruit  or  vegetables,  or  any  bread¬ 
stufifs,  cake,  pastry  or  confectionery  designed  for  human  food, 
shall  put  and  keep  the  same  in  a  cleanly  and  wholesome  condi¬ 
tion,  and  shall  not  allow  the  same  or  any  part  thereof  to  be 
poisoned,  infected  or  rendered  unsafe  or  unwholesome  for  human 
food. 

Upon  any  meat,  birds,  fowl,  fish,  fruit,  vegetables  or  any 
articles  of  food  or  drink  being  found  by  any  member  or  inspec¬ 
tor  of  the  Board  of  Health,  in  a  condition  which  renders  them  in 
his  opinion  unwholesome  and  unfit  for  use  as  human  food,  then 
such  inspector  or  member  of  the  Board  of  Health  may  forbid  the 
same  being  ofifered  or  exposed  for  sale,  or  being  sold  for  human 
food,  until  the  owner  or  party  in  charge,  or  other  proper  person 
has  obtained  the  consent  of  the  Superintendent  of  Health  to  their 
being  so  ofifered,  used  or  sold.  And  thereupon  if  the  Superin¬ 
tendent  of  Health  shall  have  approved  the  judgment  of  the  said 
inspector  or  member  of  the  Board  of  Health,  said  officer  may 
order  said  articles  destroyed  or  may  permit  the  owner  or  any 
party  in  charge,  to  speedily  remove  such  articles  from  any  mar¬ 
ket,  street  or  public  place,  but  not  to  sell  or  dispose  or  offer  to 
sell  or  dispose  thereof  for  the  purpose  of  human  food. 

Any  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  or  dis¬ 
posing  of  any  condemned  article  without  permission  of  the  Super- 


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intendent  or  an  inspector  of  the  Board  of  Health,  shall,  upon 
conviction,  be  fined  not  more  than  fifty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Section  No.  288  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  the  City  of 
Hartford  is  hereby  repealed. 

Approved,  March  1,  1910. 


AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  SALARIES  IN  THE  FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

On  and  after  April  1,  1910,  the  salaries  of  the  following  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  Fire  Department  shall  be : 

Second  deputy  chief  of  the  Fire  Department,  not  more  than 
$1,500  per  annum. 

Electrical  inspector,  not  more  than  $1,800  per  annum. 
Assistant  electrical  inspector,  not  more  than  $1,200  per  annum. 
Lineman,  not  more  than  $1,050  per  annum. 

All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  inconsistent  herewith 
are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved,  March  1,  1910. 


AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  THE  POLICE  DEPARTMENT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  i.  The  Police  Department  shall  consist  of  one  chief - 
of-police,  one  captain,  one  lieutenant,  five  detective-sergeants, 
who  shall  perform  general  detective  service,  not  more  than  ten 
sergeants,  one  of  whom,  under  the  direction  of  the  Mayor,  may 
be  assigned  as  inspector  of  licenses  and  public  vehicles,  one  police 
matron,  one  hundred  and  sixteen  regular  policemen,  three  drivers, 
and  not  more  than  one  hundred  supernumerary  policemen,  any 
of  whom  may  be  called  into  regular  service  by  the  chief-of-police 


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whenever  in  the  opinion  of  the  Police  Board  their  services  may  be 
necessary.  Hereafter  all  appointments  as  regular  policemen  shall 
be  from  the  supernumerary  force.  No  supernumerary  policeman 
shall  be  appointed  to  the  permanent  force  until  he  has  performed 
active  service  for  at  least  six  months. 

Sec.  2.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  inconsistent 
herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  3.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  from  and  after  May 
1,  1910. 

Approved,  March  1,  1910. 


AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  THE  EMPLOYMENT  OF  MEDICAL 
INSPECTORS  OF  THE  HEALTH  DEPARTMENT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford : 

That  the  fifth  line  of  Section  60  of  the  revised  ordinances 
relating  to  medical  inspectors  of  the  Health  Department  be 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

“  Four  medical  inspectors  each  $600.00  per  year.” 

Approved,  May  24,  1910 


AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  SALARY  OF  CLERK  TO  SEALER  OF 

WEIGHTS  AND  MEASURES. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

That  Section  67,  page  28,  of  revised  ordinances  of  1908,  shall 

be  amended  to  read  as  follows : 

Section  67.  SEALER  OF  WEIGHTS  AND  MEASURES. 
Sealer  of  weights  and  measures,  ....  $1,200.00 

Clerk, . 6oao° 

Approved,  July  12,  1910. 


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AN  ORDINANCE  PROHIBITING  CERTAIN  FORMS  OF  ADVERTISING  IN 

THE  CITY  STREETS. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  i.  No  person  shall  place  in  or  upon,  or  carry  or 
transport  in  any  manner  or  by  any  means,  through,  along,  or 
upon  any  public  street  or  sidewalk  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  or 
cause  to  be  placed  in  or  upon,  or  to  be  carried  or  transported  in 
any  manner  or  by  any  means  through,  along,  or  upon  any  such 
public  street  or  sidewalk,  any  show-board  or  canvas,  placard,  sign, 
or  advertising  transparency  or  device  of  any  kind  for  the  purpose 
of  displaying  or  exhibiting  the  same;  provided,  that  nothing 
herein  shall  be  so  construed  as  to  prohibit  the  customary  and  usual 
lettering  used  by  business  men  on  their  wagons. 

Sec.  2.  Any  violation  of  Section  i  of  this  ordinance  shall  be 
a  misdemeanor  and  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  twenty 
dollars. 

Approved,  October  n,  1910. 


AN  ORDINANCE  AMENDING  SECTION  299  RELATING  TO  INSPECTION 
OF  BUILDINGS,  AND  SECTION  3OI  RELATING  TO  CERTIFI¬ 
CATES  OF  APPROVAL  OF  PLUMBING. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

That  Sections  299  and  301  of  the  revised  ordinances  be 
amended  to  read  as  follows : 

Section  299.  INSPECTION  OF  BUILDINGS.  No  build¬ 
ing  intended  for  human  habitation,  occupancy  or  use,  shall  here¬ 
after  be  erected  or  in  any  material  manner  altered  or  repaired, 
unless  the  owner  or  the  person  having  charge  of  such  erection, 
alterations  or  repairs  shall  first  have  submitted  the  plans,  specifi¬ 
cations  and  details  therefor,  in  so  far  as  the  same  shall  relate  to 
ventilation,  light,  plumbing  and  drainage,  to  the  Board  of  Health, 
who  shall  have  power  to  approve,  reject  or  modify  such  plans, 


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specifications  and  details,  and  to  issue  such  written  instructions 
relating  to  said  work  as  it  shall  deem  proper  for  the  protection  of 
health. 

Section  301.  CERTIFICATE  OF  APPROVAL.  When 
the  plumbing  work  upon  any  building  requiring  inspection  and 
approval  as  aforesaid  shall  be  completed,  the  Board  of  Health 
shall  be  notified  by  the  plumber  or  person  in  charge,  and  if  on 
inspection  the  work  shall  be  found  completed  to  the  satisfaction 
of  said  Board,  it  shall  issue  a  written  certificate  of  approval,  a 
copy  of  which  and  of  all  other  proceedings  in  the  matter  shall  be 
kept  on  file  or  recorded,  and  until  such  certificate  is  issued  it  shall 
not  be  lawful  for  the  owner,  manager  or  agent  of  said  property 
to  allow  it  to  be  used  for  human  habitation  or  occupancy. 

Approved,  October  11,  1910. 


AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  STREET  SALES  BY  CHILDREN. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  412  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  the  City  of  Hartford 
is  hereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

No  child  under  the  age  of  ten  years  shall  be  allowed  to  sell, 
offer  for  sale,  or  distribute  any  article  of  merchandise  on  the 
public  streets  or  in  any  public  place  within  the  city.  No  child 
between  the  ages  of  ten  and  fourteen  years  shall  be  allowed  to  so 
sell,  offer  for  sale,  or  distribute  any  article  of  merchandise  during 
the  hours  in  which  public  schools  are  in  session,  or  later  than 
eight  o’clock  in  the  evening,  nor  until  such  child  shall  have 
obtained  a  badge  of  permit  so  to  do  from  the  Superintendent  of 
Schools.  Said  license  shall  be  issued  without  fee  and  in  the  dis¬ 
cretion  of  said  superintendent,  under  such  restrictions  as  he  shall 
deem  expedient,  and  shall  be  revocable  at  his  pleasure ;  provided, 
however,  that  no  child  shall  be  discriminated  against  or  refused 
such  license  solely  on  the  ground  of  sex.  Application  for  such 
license  shall  be  made  in  the  child’s  behalf  by  his  parent,  guardian, 
or  next  friend. 

Approved,  November  19,  1910. 


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.  AN  AMENDMENT  TO  “  AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  SALARIES  IN 

THE  POLICE  DEPARTMENT.” 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

That  “  An  Ordinance  Concerning  Salaries  in  the  Police 
Department,”  approved  August  10,  1909,  be  amended  by  adding 
thereto  the  following : 

VII.  Injuries  in  the  Performance  of  Duty.  The  Board  of 
Police  Commissioners  is  hereby  authorized  to  grant  to  members 
of  the  regular  police  force  and  to  supernumerary  policemen  of  the 
City  of  Hartford,  who  shall  have  been  injured  in  the  performance 
of  their  duties  as  policemen,  full  pay  for  such  time  as  they  shall 
have  been  so  disabled  as  to  be  unable  to  perform  police  duty,  this 
section  to  take  effect  as  of  May  1,  1910. 

VIII.  Traffic  Squad.  The  Board  of  Police  Commissioners 
is  hereby  authorized  to  assign  certain  members  of  the  police  force, 
either  regular  or  supernumerary,  to  be  not  more  than  fifteen  in 
number  at  any  one  time,  for  duty  on  what  shall  be  known  as  the 
“  Traffic  Squad,”  and  may  in  its  discretion  allow  such  officers 
leave  of  absence  without  loss  of  pay,  in  addition  to  the  leave  of 
absence  given  by  Paragraphs  II  and  IV  of  said  ordinance,  pro¬ 
vided,  however,  that  it  shall  be  unnecessary  to  assign  other  offi¬ 
cers  to  perform  duty  in  the  place  of  those  allowed  such  additional 
leave  of  absence. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  THE  PAY  OF  THE  CITY  MARSHAL  AND 

FOR  ATTENDANCE  IN  CITY  COURT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

That  that  portion  of  Section  52  of  the  revised  ordinances  of 
the  City  of  Hartford,  relative  to  pay  of  City  marshal,  be  amended 
to  read  as  follows : 

“  City  marshal,  $500.00  per  year,  and  $500.00  per  year  for 

attendance  in  the  City  Court.” 

This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  on  and  after  April  1,  1911. 
Approved,  December  28,  1910. 


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AN  ORDINANCE  AMENDING  AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  MESSENGER 

OF  THE  CITY  COURT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

That  Section  59  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  the  City  of 
Hartford,  Legal  and  Judicial  Department,  be  amended  to  read  as 
follows : 

“  Messenger  of  the  City  Court,  $500.00  per  year.” 

This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  on  and  after  April  1,  1911. 
Approved,  December  28,  1910. 


AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  INCREASE  OF  FORCE  OF  FIRE 

DEPARTMENT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

That  Section  173  of  the  revised  ordinances,  titled  FIRE  COM¬ 
PANIES,  be  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

“  Each  fire  company  shall  have  such  officers  and  such  other 
employees  as  may  be  assigned  to  it  by  the  Board  of  Fire  Com¬ 
missioners,  the  total  number  of  such  officers  and  other  regular 
employees  in  said  companies  not  to  exceed  147,  including  one 
engineer  for  each  steam  fire  engine  company,  and  no  company  to 
have  more  than  one  captain  or  more  than  one  lieutenant.” 
Approved,  December  28,  1910. 


AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  ADDITIONAL  LINEMAN  FOR  FIRE  AND 

POLICE  TELEGRAPH  ALARM  SYSTEM. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

That  the  last  clause  of  Section  171  of  the  revised  ordinances  is 
hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows : 

“  From  and  after  April  1st,  A.  D.  1911,  there  shall  be  two 
linemen,  who  shall  assist  the  electrical  inspector  and  be  subject 
to  his  orders.” 

Approved,  December  28,  1910. 


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AN  ORDINANCE  AMENDING  SECTION  54  OF  THE  REVISED  ORDINANCES 

OF  1908. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

“  Section  54.  STREET  DEPARTMENT.  President  of 
Board  of  Street  Commissioners,  $2,000  for  the  salaries  of  the 
members  of  the  Board,  to  be  divided  as  they  shall  direct  by  vote. 

“  Clerk  of  Board  of  Street  Commissioners,  not  exceeding 
$2,500  per  year. 

“  Superintendent  of  Streets,  not  to  exceed  $2,500  per  year, 
and  suitable  transportation.” 

Approved,  February  28,  1911. 


AN  ORDINANCE  AMENDING  SECTION  56  OF  THE  REVISED  ORDINANCES 
RELATING  TO  SALARIES,  GRADING,  PAY,  LOSS  OF  TIME, 
LEAVE  OF  ABSENCE  AND  VACATION  OF  MEMBERS 
OF  FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  I.  i.  That  Section  56  of  the  revised  ordinances  be 
hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows : 

Clerk  of  the  Bpard  of  Fire  Commissioners  not 
more  than  ..... 

Chief  of  Fire  Department, 

First  deputy  chief  of  Fire  Department, 

Second  deputy  chief  of  Fire  Department, 

Electrical  inspector, 

Asst,  electrical  inspector  not  more  than 
Linemen  not  more  than  $3.00  per  day  of  actual 
service. 

Captains,  each,  actual  service, 

Fieutenants,  ...... 

Engineer  and  mechanic,  .... 

Engineer,  ....... 

2.  The  regular  firemen  commonly  known  as  privates  shall  be 
divided  into  three  grades.  All  firemen  shall  serve  the  first  two 


$1,500  per  yr. 

2.500  per  yr. 
1,800  per  yr. 

1.500  per  yr. 
1,800  per  yr. 
1,300  per  yr. 


$3.50  per  day 
3.10  per  day 
3.50  per  day 
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years  after  appointment  in  the  third  grade,  the  next  succeeding 
two  years  in  the  second  grade,  and,  after  four  years,  in  the  first 
grade. 

3.  The  pay  of  regular  firemen  shall  be  at  the  following  rates : 

First  grade,  $3.00  per  day  of  actual  service. 

Second  grade,  $2.75  per  day  of  actual  service. 

Third  grade,  $2.50  per  day  of  actual  service. 

Sec.  II.  The  pay  of  men  on  the  substitute  roll  of  the  Fire 
Department,  employed  in  the  place  of  regular  members,  or  at 
fires,  or  on  special  duty,  shall  be  at  the  same  rate  as  the  third 
grade  privates,  viz. :  $2.50  per  day  of  actual  service. 

Sec.  III.  At  the  discretion  of  the  Board  of  Fire  Commis¬ 
sioners,  allowance  may  be  made  for  time  lost  through  injury 
received  in  the  lines  of  duty,  and  also  allowance  of  half-pay  for 
time  lost  by  reason  of  sickness. 

Sec.  IV.  That  the  position  of  engineer  and  mechanic  be 
hereby  created,  which  shall  include  the  regular  duties  of  an  engi¬ 
neer,  and  the  person  occupying  the  position  shall  have  charge  of 
the  department  machine  shop.  Appointment  to  this  grade  shall 
be  optional  with  the  Board  of  Fire  Commissioners. 

Sec.  V.  One  day’s  leave  of  absence  in  each  ten,  and  ten  days 
annual  vacation,  shall  be  granted  to  the  permanent  force  of  the 
Hartford  Fire  Department,  such  leave  and  vacation  to  be  without 
deduction  of  pay. 

Sec.  VI.  All  ordinances  and  parts  of  ordinances  inconsistent 
herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  VII.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  on  and  after  April 
1,  1911. 

Approved,  March  14,  1911. 


AN  ORDINANCE  REGULATING  BILLBOARDS  AND  BILL-POSTING  IN  THE 

CITY  OF  HARTFORD. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford : 

Section  i.  No  person  or  corporation  shall  erect  or  maintain 
any  billboard  or  outdoor  advertising  sign  of  any  character  what- 


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ever  upon  any  land  or  buildings  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  nor  post 
or  display  any  bill,  poster  or  advertising  device  of  any  kind  upon 
any  billboard,  kiosk,  fence,  building,  tree,  or  in  any  public  place, 
without  having  first  obtained  the  written  consent  of  the  owner  of 
such  property ;  and  in  case  such  property  belongs  to  the  City  of 
Hartford,  written  permission  must  be  had  from  the  Mayor  of 
said  City. 

Sec.  2.  No  person  or  corporation  shall  post,  or  display  in 
any  public  place,  any  poster,  billboard  or  advertising  device  of 
any  character  without  having  first  secured  a  license  as  a  bill¬ 
poster  as  hereinafter  provided  ;  except  that  this  shall  not  apply 
to  advertising  of  any  business  upon  any  building  where  such  busi¬ 
ness  is  carried  on. 

Sec.  3.  (a)  Every  bill-poster  employing  one  or  more  men 

shall  secure  from  the  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Hartford  annually  an 
employing  bill-poster's  license  to  carry  on  the  business  of  outdoor 
advertising,  for  which  a  fee  of  twenty-five  dollars  ($25.00)  shall 
be  paid  to  the  City  of  Hartford  ;  such  license  shall  run  from  Jan¬ 
uary  first  of  each  calendar  year.  At  the  time  the  same  is  issued 
such  employing  bill-poster  shall  file  with  the  Mayor  of  the  City 
of  Hartford  a  list  of  all  boards  owned  or  leased  by  him,  giving 
the  location  and  size  of  each. 

( b )  Every  person  engaged  in  the  business  of  bill-posting  not 
an  employing  bill-poster  shall  secure  annually  from  the  Mayor  of 
the  City  of  Hartford  a  license  to  engage  in  such  business,  for 
which  the  sum  of  one  dollar  ($1.00)  shall  be  paid  to  the  City,  and 
for  which  he  shall  receive  a  badge  bearing  the  number  of  his 
license,  which  badge  must  always  be  worn  in  sight  when  at  work. 
These  licenses  shall  run  from  January  first  of  each  calendar  year. 

Sec.  4.  No  bill,  poster,  or  picture  of  any  kind  of  an  immoral 
or  indecent  character,  nor  any  bill  or  picture  representing  vice  or 
crime,  shall  be  exposed  to  public  view  in  the  City  of  Hartford ; 
and  the  power  shall  be  vested  in  the  Mayor  of  the  City  to  decide 
as  to  the  suitability  of  any  such  bill  or  picture  for  public  display ; 
and  he  shall  order  the  employing  bill-poster  upon  whose  board 
may  be  exposed  to  public  view  any  bill  or  picture  that,  in  his 
opinion,  is  immoral  or  indecent  or  that  exploits  vice  or  crime,  to 
remove  such  bill,  and  upon  failure  to  do  so  within  twenty-four 


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(24)  hours,  the  Mayor  shall  revoke  such  license,  and  any  license 
so  revoked  shall  not  be  renewed  for  one  year  from  the  date  of 
such  order  to  remove. 

Sec.  5.  Every  billboard,  kiosk  or  other  device  for  displaying 
advertising  matter  shall  be  constructed  and  maintained  in  a  safe 
and  substantial  manner,  the  same  to  be  determined  by  the  Build¬ 
ing  Inspector  of  the  City  of  Hartford,  and  all  such  boards  and 
other  devices  shall  at  all  times  be  kept  in  a  neat  and  clean  condi¬ 
tion.  There  shall  be  no  loose  paper  hanging  from  boards  or 
allowed  to  fall  upon  the  streets  or  sidewalk,  and  no  dropping  of 
paste  upon  the  sidewalk.  Upon  the  top  of  every  billboard  or 
advertising  sign  intended  to  be  included  under  this  ordinance, 
shall  be  plainly  displayed  the  name  and  license  number  of  the 
employing  bill-poster  using  said  board. 

Sec.  6.  Any  citizen  may  report  to  the  Mayor  the  location  of 
any  board,  and  the  name  and  license  number  of  the  bill-poster 
using  the  same,  upon  which  is  displayed  any  offensive  matter,  or 
that  is  in  an  untidy  or  unsafe  condition,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty 
of  the  Mayor  to  investigate  every  such  report,  and,  if  necessary, 
instruct  the  employing  bill-poster  using  said  board  to  take  such 
action  as  will  make  the  same  conform  to  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance. 

Sec.  7.  Any  employing  bill-poster  failing  to  comply  with  the 
instructions  of  the  Mayor  relative  to  making  his  boards  conform 
to  the  terms  of  this  ordinance,  shall  have  his  license  revoked. 
Any  other  person  violating  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall 
be  fined  not  less  than  one  dollar  ($1.00)  nor  more  than  twenty- 
five  ($25.00)  dollars. 

Approved,  March  28,  1911. 


AN  ORDINANCE  AMENDING  AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  DRIVING  OF 
DROVES  OF  CATTLE  THROUGH  THE  STREETS. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

That  the  last  clause  of  Section  441  of  the  Revised  Ordinances 
of  1908  is  hereby  amended,  so  that  the  same  shall  read  as  follows : 


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“  The  driving  of  any  drove  of  animals  through  any  street  on 
which  there  is  street-car  service  at  any  time  without  a  license  of 
the  Board  of  Street  Commissioners,  or  through  any  other  street 
or  highway  of  the  city  upon  Sunday  between  sunrise  and  sunset 
without  the  written  permission  of  the  chief  of  police.” 

Approved,  October  17,  1911. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  AWNINGS  OVERHANGING  THE 

HIGHWAY. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford : 

Section  i.  On  and  after  January  1,  1912,  no  awnings  shall 
be  erected  or  maintained  over  any  portion  of  a  street,  highway, 
public  place  or  grounds,  which  when  lowered  shall  be  less  than 
six  and  one-half  feet  above  the  sidewalk,  and  where  there  is  no 
sidewalk  less  than  six  and  one-half  feet  above  the  surface  of  such 
street,  highway,  place  or  grounds. 

Sec.  2.  The  Board  of  Street  Commissioners  shall  have  full 
power  and  authority  to  authorize,  supervise,  and  inspect  the  erec¬ 
tion,  location  and  maintenance  of  the  awnings  referred  to  in  this 
ordinance,  and  may  order  changes  in  any  of  such  awnings,  or 
the  removal  of  the  same,  whenever  in  their  judgment  such 
changes  or  removal  shall  serve  the  public  interest  or  convenience. 

Sec.  3.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  or  failing  to  comply  with  any  order  of  the  Board  of 
Street  Commissioners  herein  authorized,  shall  forfeit  and  pay  to 
the  City  of  Hartford  the  sum  of  one  hundred  dollars  for  each 
offense,  to  be  collected  in  an  action  of  debt  brought  in  the  name 
of  the  City  in  the  City  Court  of  said  City. 

Approved,  November  14,  1911. 


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AN  ORDINANCE  AMENDING  AN  ORDINANCE  AMENDING  SECTION  299 

OF  THE  REVISED  ORDINANCES  RELATING  TO  INSPECTION  OF 
BUILDINGS  ADOPTED  OCTOBER  IO,  I9IO. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford : 

That  Section  299  of  the  revised  ordinances  be  amended  to  read 
as  follows : 

Section  299.  INSPECTION  OF  BUILDINGS.  No  building 
intended  for  human  habitation,  occupancy  or  use  shall  hereafter 
be  erected,  or  in  any  material  manner  altered  or  repaired,  unless 
the  owner  or  the  person  having  charge  of  such  erection, 
alterations  or  repairs  shall  first  have  submitted  the  plans,  specifica¬ 
tions  and  details  therefor,  in  so  far  as  the  same  relate  to  ventila¬ 
tion,  light,  plumbing  and  drainage,  to  the  Board  of  Health,  and 
shall  have  received  from  said  Board  an  approval  thereof.  Said 
Board  shall  have  power  to  approve,  reject  or  modify  such  plans, 
specifications  and  details,  and  to  issue  such  written  instructions 
relating  to  said  work  as  it  shall  deem  proper  for  the  protection  of 
health. 

Approved,  December  12,  1911. 


AN  ORDINANCE  REGULATING  STREET  TRAFFIC  AND  RULES  FOR 
DRIVING  IN  THE  CITY  OF  HARTFORD. 


Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford : 


Article  I. 

Section  i.  VEHICLES  IN  MOTION.  A  vehicle,  except 
when  passing  a  vehicle  ahead,  shall  keep  to  the  right  and  as  near 
the  right  curb  as  possible. 

Sec.  2.  A  vehicle  meeting  another  vehicle  shall  pass  on  the 

right. 

Sec.  3.  A  vehicle  overtaking  another  shall  pass  on  the  left 
side  of  the  overtaken  vehicle  and  shall  not  pull  over  to  the  right 
until  entirely  clear  of  it. 


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Sec.  4.  A  vehicle  in  turning  to  the  right  into  another  street 
shall  keep  as  near  the  right  curb  as  possible. 

Sec.  5.  A  vehicle  in  turning  to  the  left  into  another  street 
shall  pass  to  the  right  of  and  beyond  the  center  of  the  intersecting 
street  before  turning. 

Sec.  6.  A  vehicle  crossing  from  one  side  of  the  street  to 
the  other  shall  do  so  by  turning  to  the  left,  so  as  to  head  in  the 
general  direction  of  traffic  on  that  side  of  the  street. 


Sec.  7.  Vehicles  moving  slowly  shall  keep  as  close  as  possi¬ 
ble  to  the  right-hand  curb,  so  as  to  allow  vehicles  moving  faster 
free  passage  on  the  left. 

Sec.  8.  Whenever  two  or  more  vehicles  traveling  on  differ¬ 
ent  streets  approach  the  intersection  of  two  or  more  streets,  each 
driver  shall  give  the  driver  on  his  right  hand  the  right  of  way. 

Sec.  9.  No  person  shall  drive,  guide,  or  have  the  care  of  two 
or  more  horses  harnessed  respectively  to  different  vehicles. 

Article  II. 

Section  i.  SIGNALS.  In  slowing  up,  stopping,  turning 
while  in  motion,  or  in  starting  to  turn  from  a  standstill,  a  signal 
shall  be  given  by  raising  the  whip  or  hand. 

Sec.  2.  Before  backing  ample  warning  shall  be  given,  and 
while  backing  vigilance  must  be  exercised  not  to  injure  those 
behind. 

Article  III. 

Section  i.  RIGHT  OF  WAY.  L  nited  States  mail,  police, 
fire  department  vehicles,  and  ambulances,  and  vehicles  of  physi¬ 
cians  while  engaged  in  the  actual  performance  of  their  profes¬ 
sional  duties,  shall  have  the  right  of  way  in  any  street  and 
through  any  procession. 

Sec.  2.  Subject  to  Section  1  of  this  Article,  street  cars  shall 
have  the  right  of  way  between  cross  streets  over  all  other  vehi- 


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cles ;  and  the  driver  of  any  vehicle  proceeding  on  the  track  in 
front  of  a  street  car  shall  turn  out  on  a  signal  by  the  motorman 
or  conductor  of  the  car. 

Sec.  3.  A  vehicle  waiting  at  the  curb  shall  promptly  give 
place  to  a  vehicle  about  to  take  on  or  let  off  passengers. 

Article  IV. 

Section  i.  STOPPING,  STANDING,  AND  TURNING. 
No  vehicle  shall  stop  with  its  left  side  next  to  the  curb  in  any 
portion  of  the  city. 

Sec.  2.  No  vehicle  shall  stand  backed  up  to  the  curb  except 
when  actually  loading  or  unloading,  and  if  said  vehicle  is  horse- 
drawn  and  has  four  wheels,  the  horse  or  horses  must  stand  paral¬ 
lel  to  the  curb  and  faced  in  the  direction  of  traffic,  but  no  vehicle 
shall  stand  so  backed  up  if  it  interferes  with  or  interrupts  the 
passage  of  other  vehicles  or  street  cars. 

Sec.  3.  Unless  in  an  emergency  or  to  allow  another  vehicle 
or  a  pedestrian  to  cross  its  way,  no  vehicle  shall  stop  in  any  public 
street,  except  close  to  the  curb. 

Sec.  4.  No  vehicle  shall  stop  or  stand  within  the  intersection 
of  any  streets,  or  of  any  street  and  driveway,  nor  within  ten  feet 
of  a  street  corner  or  fire  hydrant. 

Sec.  5.  No  vehicle  or  street  car.  shall  stop  in  such  a  way  as 
to  obstruct  any  street  or  crossing,  except  in  case  of  accident,  or 
when  directed  to  do  so  by  a  public  officer. 

Sec.  6.  A  person  having  charge  of  a  vehicle  shall  not  stop 
the  same  abreast  of  another  vehicle  lengthwise  of  any  street, 
except  in  case  of  accident  or  emergency. 

Sec.  7.  No  vehicle  shall  back  to  make  a  turn  in  any  street,  if 
by  doing  so  it  interferes  with  other  vehicles,  but  shall  go  around 
the  block  or  to  a  street  sufficiently  wide  to  turn  in  without 
backing. 

Sec.  8.  The  driver  of  a  vehicle,  on  the  approach  of  a  fire 
engine  or  any  other  fire  apparatus,  shall  immediately  draw  up  said 
vehicle  as  near  as  practicable  to  the  right  hand  curb  and  parallel 
thereto  and  bring  it  to  a  standstill. 


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Sec.  9.  The  driver  of  a  street  car  shall  immediately  stop  said 
car  and  keep  it  stationary  upon  the  approach  of  a  fire  engine  or 
other  fire  apparatus. 

Sec.  10.  Street  cars  passing  through  Pearl  Street  in  either 
direction  shall  not  stop  between  the  Phoenix  Mutual  Life  Insur¬ 
ance  Company’s  building,  number  49  Pearl  Street,  and  Main 
Street  for  the  purpose  of  discharging  or  taking  up  passengers. 

Sec.  11.  There  shall  at  all  times  be  a  space  of  at  least  twenty 
feet  between  street  cars  headed  in  the  same  direction,  whether 
said  cars  are  in  motion  or  stationary. 

Sec.  12.  No  vehicle  shall,  between  the  hours  of  nine  a.  m. 
and  six  p.  m.  on  any  day  except  Sunday,  stop  for  a  longer  period 
than  twenty  minutes  on  any  of  the  streets,  or  portions  of  the 
streets,  hereinafter  designated,  to  wit:  Main  Street  from  the 
north  line  of  Grove  Street  extended  to  the  south  line  of  Morgan 
Street  extended ;  Mulberry  Street  from  Main  Street  to  Wells 
Street;  Pearl  Street  from  Main  Street  to  Trumbull  Street; 
Asylum  Street  from  Main  Street  to  High  Street;  Pratt  Street 
from  Main  Street  to  Trumbull  Street;  Church  Street  from  Main 
Street  to  Trumbull  Street;  Grove  Street  from  Main  Street  to 
Prospect  Street;  Prospect  Street  from  Atheneum  Street  to  Cen¬ 
tral  Row;  State  Street  from  Main  Street  to  Market  Street;  Kins¬ 
ley  Street  from  Main  Street  to  Market  Street;  Temple  street 
from  Main  Street  to  Market  Street;  Lewis  Street  from  Pearl 
Street  to  Gold  Street ;  provided,  that  this  shall  not  apply  to  teams 
actually  engaged  in  loading  or  unloading  goods  or  merchandise, 
nor  to  vehicles  on  public  stands,  nor  to  vehicles  of  physicians 
engaged  in  the  actual  performance  of  their  duties  outside  of  their 
offices. 

Sec.  13.  The  Board  of  Police  Commissioners  may,  from  time 
to  time,  in  case  of  special  temporary  emergency,  extend  these  reg¬ 
ulations  to  include  other  streets  whenever  in  its  judgment  such 
course  is  necessary,  and  may  make  such  additional  rules  for  the 
regulation  of  traffic  at  places  in  its  opinion  especially  dangerous 
as  in  its  judgment  may  be  necessary  to  properly  protect  the  public 
in  the  safe  use  of  the  highways. 


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Article  V. 

Section  i.  CARE  IN  DRIVING,  MANNER  OF  LOAD¬ 
ING.  STEALING  RIDES.  No  one  shall  cease  to  hold  the  reins 
while  riding,  driving  or  conducting  a  horse. 

Sec.  2.  No  one  shall  so  load  a  vehicle  or  street  car  with  iron 
or  other  material  that  may  strike  together  without  properly  dead¬ 
ening  it  so  that  it  will  cause  no  unnecessary  noise. 

Sec.  3.  No  one  shall  steal  a  ride  upon  any  vehicle  or  street 
car,  and  no  one  shall  ride  upon  the  rear  of  any  vehicle  without 
the  consent  of  the  person  in  charge  thereof. 

Sec.  4.  The  driver  of  a  street  car  passing  a  standing  street 
car  shall  reduce  its  speed  to  three  miles  an  hour  and  give  signal 
of  its  approach. 

Article  VI. 

Drivers  of  vehicles  and  street  cars  must  at  all  times  comply 
with  any  direction,  by  voice  or  hand,  of  any  member  of  the 
police  force,  as  to  stopping,  starting,  approaching  or  departing 
from  any  place,  and  the  manner  of  taking  up  or  setting  down 
any  passengers  or  loading  or  unloading  goods  in  any  place. 

Article  VII. 

Section  i.  DEFINITIONS.  The  word  “vehicle”  includes 
equestrians,  horses  hitched  to  vehicles,  led  horses,  motor  vehicles 
of  all  kinds,  and  everything  on  wheels  and  runners  except  street 
cars. 

Sec.  2.  The  word  “  horse  ”  includes  all  domestic  animals. 

Sec.  3.  The  word  “  driver  ”  includes  the  rider  or  driver  of  a 
horse,  the  rider  of  wheels  and  the  operator  of  a  motor  vehicle  or 
street  car. 

Article  VIII. 

PENALTIES.  Whoever  violates  any  of  the  provisions  of 
the  foregoing  rules  and  regulations  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not 
exceeding  twenty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Article  IX. 

All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  inconsistent  herewith 

are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved,  December  12.  1911* 


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AN  ORDINANCE  ESTABLISHING  ONE-WAY  TRAFFIC  ON  STATE  STREET. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

No  vehicle,  except  trolley  cars  and  fire  and  police  departments 
equipment,  shall  pass  through  State  Street  between  a  point  25 
feet  west  of  the  curb  at  the  northwest  corner  of  State  and  Market 
Street,  and  Main  Street,  except  in  a  westerly  direction  during  the 
hours  of  9  A.  M.  to  7  P.  M.,  week  days. 

Approved,  December  12,  1911. 


AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  INCREASE  OF  FORCE  OF 

FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

That  Section  173  of  the  revised  ordinances,  entitled  FIRE 
COMPANIES,  be  amended  to  read  as  follows: 

“  Each  fire  company  shall  have  such  officers  and  such  other 
employees  as  may  be  assigned  to  it  by  the  Board  of  Fire  Commis¬ 
sioners,  the  total  number  of  such  officers  and  other  regular 
employees  in  said  companies  not  to  exceed  157,  including  one 
engineer  for  each  steam  fire  engine  company  and  no  company  to 
have  more  than  one  captain  or  more  than  one  lieutenant.” 
Approved,  January  9,  1912. 


AN  ORDINANCE  PROVIDING  FOR  THE  APPOINTMENT  OF  AN  INSPEC¬ 
TOR  OF  WIRES,  AND  PRESCRIBING  DUTIES  OF  SAME. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford : 

Section  i.  The  officers  of  the  Fire  Department,  in  addition 
to  those  specified  in  Section  167  of  the  Compiled  Ordinances, 

shall  include  an  inspector  of  wires. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  inspector  of  wires  to 
inspect  all  wiring  systems  which  are  designed  to  carry  an  electric 
light,  heat,  or  power  current  within  a  building,  and  report  forth- 


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with  to  the  party  owning  or  operating  such  wiring  system  any 
and  all  structural  or  other  defects  in  the  placing,  location,  or  oper¬ 
ation  of  the  same,  and  which,  in  the  judgment  of  such  inspector, 
are  or  may  become  dangerous  to  person  or  property,  and  to  direct 
such  remedy  for  any  such  defects  as  he  may  deem  best  suited  to 
meet  the  circumstances  of  the  case;  to  examine  and  pass  upon  all 
plans  for  the  construction  within  buildings  of  wiring  systems 
designed  to  carry  electric  light,  heat,  or  power  current,  and,  in 
case  of  approval  to  grant  permits  for  such  construction.  He  shall 
keep  a  record  of  all  his  doings,  including  orders  made  and  permits 
granted,  and  shall  file  with  the  building  inspector  a  copy  of  every 
permit  which  he  may  issue.  He  shall  also  make  a  detailed  report 
of  his  doings  to  the  Court  of  Common  Council  at  least  as  often 
as  once  in  six  months,  showing  the  number  of  certificates  of  per¬ 
mit  granted  and  the  number  refused,  and  such  other  facts  as  may 
be  of  importance  relating  to  the  discharge  of  his  duties. 

Sec.  3.  No  person  shall  construct  within  a  building  a  wiring 
system  which  is  designed  to  carry  an  electric  light,  heat,  or  power 
current  until  the  owner  or  person  constructing  the  same  has  filed 
with  the  inspector  of  wires  a  plan  thereof,  showing  the  whole 
wiring  system  within  the  building  and  the  points  of  connection 
with  outside  circuits.  No  person  shall  add  to  or  alter  within  a 
building  any  portion  of  the  wiring  system  which  is  designed  to 
carry  an  electric  light,  heat,  or  power  current  (except  to  make 
necessary  repairs)  until  the  owner  or  person  constructing  the 
same  has  filed  with  the  inspector  of  wires  a  plan  thereof  and  of 
such  portion  of  the  whole  wiring  system  within  the  building  and 
the  points  of  connection  with  outside  circuits  as  the  inspector  of 
wires  shall  require. 

No  person  shall  commence  the  work  provided  for  in  such 
plans  until  they  are  approved  in  writing  by  the  inspector  of  wires. 
Plans  and  specifications  shall  be  approved  or  rejected  within  one 
week  of  the  time  of  filing.  After  a  plan  has  been  approved,  no 
alteration  therein  shall  be  allowed,  except  on  a  new  application 
and  permit  as  provided  in  this  section. 

No  wires  specified  in  this  section  shall  be  covered  or  con¬ 
cealed  from  view  until  approved  by  the  inspector  of  wires,  who 
shall  examine  the  same  within  three  week  days  (legal  holidays 


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excepted)  after  notice  that  they  are  ready  for  inspection.  No 
electric  current  shall  be  turned  upon  such  wires  until  they  have 
been  approved  in  writing-  by  the  inspector  of  wires. 

All  light,  heat,  power,  burglar  alarm,  telephone,  or  other  wires 
leading  into  any  building,  and  all  electric  wires  placed  inside  of 
any  building,  whether  connected  with  aerial  or  underground 
wires,  shall  be  installed  under  the  rules  of  the  National  Electrical 
Code  as  established  from  time  to  time,  and  no  person  shall  be 
appointed  inspector  of  wires  until  he  has,  by  an  examination  to  be 
conducted  under  the  direction  of  the  Board  of  Fire  Commission¬ 
ers,  shown  to  said  board  that  he  is  thoroughly  instructed  in  the 
rules  of  said  National  Electrical  Code. 

All  electrical  apparatus  and  wires  for  conducting  electricity, 
both  permanent  and  temporary,  while  in  use  in  any  building  now 
or  hereafter  used  for  theatrical,  operatic,  or  public  assemblies, 
which  has  a  seating  capacity  of  one  thousand  or  more  persons, 
shall  be  under  the  direct  supervision  and  control  of  a  competent 
electrician,  and  no  person  shall  act  as  such  electrician  who  has  not 
previously  obtained  the  written  approval  of  the  inspector  of  wires. 

Sec.  4.  Any  person  violating,  or  refusing  to  comply  with, 
any  order  of  the  inspector  of  wires  made  in  pursuance  of  the  pro¬ 
visions  of  this  ordinance  and  any  person  violating  any  of  the  pro¬ 
visions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding 
fifty  dollars  for  each  offense. 

Sec.  5.  The  salary  of  the  inspector  of  wires  shall  be  fifteen 
hundred  dollars  a  year. 

Sec.  6.  Section  378  of  the  Compiled  Ordinances  is  hereby 
repealed. 

Approved,  January  9,  1912. 


AN  ORDINANCE  DIVIDING  THE  TENTH  WARD  INTO  TWO  VOTING 

DISTRICTS. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

From  and  after  the  first  Tuesday  of  April,  19 12>  the  Tenth 
Ward  of  the  City  of  Hertford  as  now  established  shall  be  divided 


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into  two  voting  districts  to  be  known  as  the  First  and  Second  Vot¬ 
ing  Districts  respectively,  and  bounded  as  described  below.  All 
electors  residing  within  said  First  Voting  District  shall  vote  at 
future  elections  held  within  and  for  said  Ward  at  such  voting 
place  established  within  said  District  as  the  Mayor,  or  other  offi¬ 
cer  acting  in  place  of  the  Mayor,  shall  in  his  warrant  warning  the 
same  designate ;  all  electors  residing  in  said  W ard  within  the  lim¬ 
its  of  said  Second  Voting  District  shall  vote  at  all  elections  here¬ 
after  held  within  and  for  said  Ward  at  such  voting  place 
established  within  said  District  as  the  Mayor,  or  other  officer 
acting  in  the  place  of  the  Mayor,  shall  in  his  warrant  warning  the 
same  designate. 

A  moderator  and  other  election  officers  shall  be  appointed  as 
in  other  wards,  but  the  moderator  of  the  Second  Voting  District 
shall  make  his  return  to  the  moderator  of  the  First  Voting  Dis¬ 
trict,  who  shall  combine  the  two  reports  and  make  declaration  as 
of  one  ward. 


FIRST  DISTRICT. 

Beginning  at  the  intersection  of  the  center  line  of  Sigourney 
Street  with  the  center  line  of  Collins  Street ;  thence  westerly  along 
the  center  line  of  Collins  Street  to  the  center  line  of  Woodland 
Street;  thence  southerly  along  the  center  line  of  Wood¬ 
land  Street  to  the  center  line  of  Asylum  Street;  thence 
westerly  along  the  center  line  of  Asylum  Street  to 
the  western  boundary  line  of  the  City ;  thence  southerly  along 
the  western  boundary  line  of  the  City  to  the  center  line  of  War- 
renton  Avenue ;  thence  easterly  along  the  center  line  of  Warren- 
ton  Avenue  to  Sisson  Avenue ;  thence  continuing  along  the  same 
line  produced  to  the  center  of  the  north  branch  of  the  Park  River 
to  the  junction  of  the  north  and  south  branches  thereof  ;  thence 
easterly  along  the  center  of  the  Park  River  to  the  center  line  of 
Laurel  Street ;  thence  southerly  alolig  the  center  line  of  Laurel 
Street  to  the  center  line  of  Park  Street ;  thence  easterly  along  the 
center  line  of  Park  Street  to  the  southerly  extension  of  the  center 
line  of  Sigourney  Street ;  thence  northerly  along  the  southerly 
extension  of  the  center  line  of  Sigourney  Street  to  Capitol  Ave- 


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nue ;  thence  continuing  along  the  center  line  of  Sigourney  Street 
to  the  place  of  beginning. 

SECOND  DISTRICT. 

Beginning  in  the  center  line  of  the  north  branch  of  the  Park 
River  at  the  easterly  prolongation  of  the  center  line  of 
Warrenton  Avenue ;  thence  westerly  along  said  center  line  of 
Warrenton  Avenue  to  the  western  boundary  line  of  the  City ; 
thnce  southerly  along  the  western  boundary  line  of* the  City  to 
its  intersection  with  the  center  line  of  the  right-of-way  of  the 
New  York,  New  Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad;  thence  northerly 
along  the  center  line  of  the  right-of-way  of  the  New*York,  New 
Haven  &  Hartford  Railroad  to  the  center  line  of  Park  Street ; 
thence  easterly  along  the  center  line  of  Park  Street  to-  the  cen- 
er  line  of  Laurel  Street ;  thence  northerly  along  the  center 
line  of  Laurel  Street  to  the  center  of  the  Park  River ; 
thence  westerly  along  the  center  of  the  Park  River  to  the  junc¬ 
tion  of  the  north  and  south  branches  thereof;  thence  northerly 
along  the  center  of  the  north  branch  of  the  Park  River  to  the 
place  of  beginning. 

Approved,  January  23,  1912. 


AN  ORDINANCE  AMENDING  AN  ORDINANCE  FIXING  THE  SALARY 
OF  THE  SUPERINTENDENT  OF  STREETS. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford : 

That  Section  54  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  the  City  of 
Hartford,  Revision  of  1908,  be  amended  by  striking  out  of  the 
last  sentence  the  words  “  $400  for  horse  hire  in  addition  to,”  and 
substituting  in  place  thereof  the  words  “  not  more  than  $3,500  per 
year  and  transportation,”  so  that  said  section  as  amended  will  be 
as  follows : 

"  54.  STREET  DEPARTMENT.  President  of  the  Board 
of  Street  Commisisoners,  $2,000  for  the  salaries  of  the  members 
of  the  board,  to  be  divided  as  they  shall  direct  by  vote. 


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“  Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Street  Commissioners,  not  more  than 
$2,500.00  per  year. 

“  Superintendent  of  Streets,  not  more  than  $3,500.00  per  year 
and  transportation.” 

Approved,  February  14,  1912. 


AMENDMENT  TO  ORDINANCE  REGULATING  STREET  TRAFFIC  AND 

RULES  FOR  DRIVING. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

That  Section  5  of  Article  4  of  the  ordinance  regulating  street 
traffic  and  rules  for  driving  be  amended  so  that  said  section  shall 
read  as  follows : 

“  Section  5.  No  vehicle  or  street  car  shall  stop  in  such  a 
way  as  to  obstruct  any  street  or  crossing,  except  in  case  of  acci¬ 
dent  or  when  directed  to  do  so  by  a  public  officer,  provided,  how¬ 
ever,  that  this  section  shall  not  be  so  construed  as  to  prevent 
street  cars  from  stopping  to  receive  or  discharge  passengers  at 
crosswalks.” 

Approved,  February  27,  1912. 


AMENDING  THE  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  SALARIES  IN  THE 

POLICE  DEPARTMENT. 

LEAVE  OF  ABSENCE  FOR  SUPERNUMERARIES. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford : 

Section  200  of  the  revised  ordinances  concerning  the  Police 
Department  as  amended  by  Section  4  of  the  ordinances  concern¬ 
ing  salaries  in  the  Police  Department,  as  found  on  page  336  of 
the  Journal  of  the  Court  of  Common  Council,  1909-19 10,  is  hereby 
amended  by  striking  out  the  words,  “  Leave  of  absence  without 
loss  of  pay,  at  the  rate  of  one  day’s  leave  of  absence  per  month,” 
in  the  fourth  and  fifth  lines  thereof,  and  inserting  in  lieu  thereof 


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the  words,  “  Two  days'  leave  of  absence  without  loss  of  pay  dur¬ 
ing  any  one  month,"  so  that  said  section  shall  read  as  follows: 

200.  The  Board  of  Police  Commissioners  is  hereby  author¬ 
ized  to  grant  supernumerary  policemen  of  the  City  of  Hartford, 
who  are  doing  regular  police  duty,  two  days’  leave  of  absence 
without  loss  of  pay  during  any  one  month  while  so  employed. 
Nothing  in  this  section,  however,  shall  be  deemed  to  authorize 
such  grant  unless  such  supernumerary  policeman  is  assigned  to 
perform  and  is  performing  regular  police  duty  for  a  continuous 
period  of  at  least  one  calendar  month. 

[Reconsidered  and  passed  by  a  majority  of  each  board  of  the 
Court  of  Common  Council  on  March  n,  1912,  the  Mayor’s  veto 
to  the  contrary  notwithstanding.] 


AMENDING  THE  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  SALARIES  OF  THE 

POLICE  DEPARTMENT. 

LEAVE  OF  ABSENCE  FOR  REGULAR  POLICEMEN. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  198  of  the  revised  ordinances  concerning  the  Police 
Department,  as  amended  by  Section  2  of  an  ordinance  concern¬ 
ing  salaries  in  the  Police  Department,  as  found  on  page  336  of 
the  Journal  of  the  Court  of  Common  Council,  1909-1910,  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  word  “  Twelve,"  in  the  sec¬ 
ond  line  thereof,  and  inserting  in  lieu  thereof  the  word  “  Twenty- 
four,"  so  that  said  section  shall  read  as  follows: 

198.  Each  member  of  the  regular  force  of  policemen  shall 
hereafter  have  a  leave  of  absence  of  twenty-four  (24)  days  in 
each  year,  without  loss  of  pay,  the  days  to  be  selected  by  the 
policemen,  with  the  consent  of  the  Board  of  Police  Commis¬ 
sioners. 

[Reconsidered  and  passed  by  a  majority  of  each  board  of  the 
Court  of  Common  Council  on  March  11,  1912,  the  Mayor’s  veto 
to  the  contrary  notwithstanding.] 


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AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  VACATIONS  IN  THE  POLICE 

DEPARTMENT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  i.  Each  member  of  the  regular  force  of  policemen 
of  the  City  of  Hartford  shall  have  in  addition  to  a  leave  of 
absence  as  provided  by  an  amendment  to  Section  198  of  the 
revised  ordinances,  five  days’  vacation  in  every  year.  Such  leave 
of  absence  and  vacation  shall  be  without  deduction  of  pay. 

[Reconsidered  and  passed  by  a  majority  of  each  board  of  the 
Court  of  Common  Council  on  March  11,  1912,  the  Mayor’s  veto 
to  the  contrary  notwithstanding.] 


ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  SALARIES  OF  CITY  OFFICIALS. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  i.  Section  52  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1908  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  in  line  five  thereof  the  figures 
“  $3,000.00  ”  and  substituting  in  lieu  thereof  the  figures 
“  $3,500.00,”  so  that  said  line  as  amended  shall  read,  “  Mayor, 
$3,500.00  per  year.” 

Sec.  2.  An  ordinance  concerning  the  salary  of  the  Mayor’s 
stenographer,  approved  May  26,  1908,  is  hereby  amended  by 
striking  out  the  words,  “  June  15,  1908,  the  salary  of  the  Mayor’s 
stenographer  shall  be  at  the  rate  of  six  hundred  dollars  per 
annum,”  and  substituting  in  lieu  thereof  the  words,  “  the  first 
Monday  of  April,  1912,  the  salary  of  the  Mayor’s  stenographer 
shall  be  not  more  than  seven  hundred  and  twenty  dollars  per 
annum,”  so  that  said  ordinance  as  amended  shall  read,  “  From 
and  after  the  first  Monday  of  April,  1912,  the  salary  of  the 
Mayor’s  stenographer  shall  be  not  more  than  seven  hundred  and 
twenty  dollars  per  annum.” 

Sec.  3.  Section  52  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1908  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  in  line  seven  thereof  the  figures 
“  $3,600.00  ”  and  substituting  in  lieu  thereof  the  figures 


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“  $4,000.00/’  so  that  said  line  as  amended  shall  read,  “  Treasurer, 
$4,000.00  per  year.” 

Sec.  4.  Section  52  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1908  is 
hereby  amended  by  inserting  in  line  eight  thereof,  after  the  words 
“  Treasurer’s  Clerk,”  the  words  “  not  more  than,”  so  that  said 
line  as  amended  shall  read,  “  Treasurer’s  Clerk,  not  more  than 
$1,800.00  per  year.” 

Sec.  5.  From  and  after  the  first  Monday  of  April,  1912,  the 
treasurer  of  the  City  of  Hartford  shall  have  authority  to  employ, 
in  his  discretion,  a  person  to  perform  the  duties  of  stenographer 
and  such  clerical  duties  as  may  be  required  in  the  treasurer’s 
office,  who  shall  hold  such  position  at  the  pleasure  of  the  treas¬ 
urer  and  shall  be  paid  for  such  services  by  the  city  a  salary  at  the 
rate  of  not  more  than  $720.00  per  year. 

Sec.  6.  Section  52  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1908  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  in  line  nine  thereof  the  figures 
“  $3,600.00  ”  and  substituting  in  lieu  thereof  the  figures 
“  $4,000.00,”  so  that  said  line  as  amended  shall  read,  “  Collector, 
$4,000.00  per  year.” 

Sec.  7.  Section  52  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1908  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  in  line  ten  thereof  the  figures 
“  $1,800.00  ”  and  substituting  in  lieu  thereof  the  words  and 
figures  “  not  more  than  $2,000.00,”  so  that  said  line  as  amended 
shall  read,  “  Collector’s  Chief  Clerk,  not  more  than  $2,000.00  per 
year.” 

Sec.  8.  Section  52  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1908  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  in  line  eleven  thereof  the  figures 
“$1,650.00”  and  substituting  in  lieu  thereof  the  words  and  fig¬ 
ures  “not  more  than  $1,850.00,”  so  that  said  line  as  amended 
shall  read,  “  Collector’s  Clerk,  not  more  than  $1,850.00  per  year.” 

Sec.  9.  Section  52  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1908  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  in  lines  twelve,  thirteen,  and  four¬ 
teen  thereof  the  words  and  figures  “  for  such  portion  of  the  year 
as  employed,  at  the  rate  of  $1,200.00,”  and  substituting  in  lieu 
thereof  the  words  and  figures  “  not  more  than  $1,500.00,”  so  that 
said  lines  as  amended  shall  read,  “  Collector’s  Additional  Clerk, 
not  more  than  $1,500.00  per  year.’ 


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Sec.  10.  Section  52  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1908  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  in  line  fifteen  thereof  the  figures 
“  $2,100.00  ”  and  substituting  in  lieu  thereof  the  figures 
“  $2,500.00/’  so  that  said  line  as  amended  shall  read,  “  Control¬ 
ler,  $2,500.00  per  year.” 

Sec.  11.  Section  52  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1908  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  in  line  sixteen  thereof  the  fig¬ 
ures  “$1,000.00”  and  substituting  in  lieu  thereof  the  words  and 
figures  “not  more  than  $1,200.00,”  so  that  said  line  as  amended 
shall  read,  “  Controller’s  Clerk  not  more  than  $1,200.00  per  year.” 

Sec.  12.  From  and  after  the  first  Monday  of  April,  1912, 
the  controller  of  the  City  of  Hartford  shall  have  authority  to 
employ,  in  his  discretion,  a  person  to  perform  the  duties  of  ste¬ 
nographer  and  such  clerical  duties  as  may  be  required  in  the  con¬ 
troller’s  office,  who  shall  hold  such  position  at  the  pleasure  of  the 
controller  and  who  shall  be  paid  for  such  services  by  the  city 
a  salary  at  the  rate  of  not  more  than  $720.00  per  year. 

Sec.  13.  From  and  after  the  first  Monday  of  April,  1912,  the 
city  engineer  shall  have  authority  to  employ,  in  his  discretion,  a 
person  as  chemist  in  the  engineering  department,  to  perform  such 
duties  as  are  especially  assigned  to  him  by  said  department  or  any 
other  city  department,  who  shall  hold  such  position  at  the  pleas¬ 
ure  of  the  city  engineer  and  who  shall  be  paid  for  such  services  by 
the  city  a  salary  at  the  rate  of  not  more  than  $1,800.00  per  year. 

Sec.  14.  An  ordinance  concerning  salaries  in  the  Police 
Department,  approved  August  10,  1909,  is  hereby  amended  by 
striking  out  the  figures  “  $480.00,”  after  the  word  “  Matron,”  in 
the  first  section  of  said  ordinance,  and  substituting  in  lieu  thereof 
the  figures  “  $600.00.” 

Sec.  15.  An  ordinance  concerning  the  salary  of  the  clerk 
of  the  city  court,  approved  February  25,  1908,  is  hereby  amended 
by  striking  out  the  words,  “  1908,  at  the  rate  of  one  thousand 
dollars  per  annum,  and  in  addition  thereto  he  shall  be  paid  a  sum 
at  the  rate  of  five  hundred  dollars  a  year  to  meet  and  defray  the 
expenses  of  his  office,”  and  substituting  in  lieu  thereof  the  words, 
“  1912,  at  the  rate  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars  per  annum,”  so  that 
said  ordinance  as  amended  shall  read,  “  The  salary  of  the  clerk 


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of  the  city  court  shall  be  from  and  after  April  1,  1912,  at  the  rate 
of  fifteen  hundred  dollars  per  annum.” 

Sec.  16.  Section  59  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1908  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  in  line  six  thereof  the  figures 
“  $1,800.00”  and  substituting  in  lieu  thereof  the  figures 
“  $2,200.00,”  so  that  said  line  as  amended  shall  read,  “  Judge  of 
Police  Court,  $2,200.00  per  year.” 

Sec.  17.  Section  59  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1908  is 

hereby  amended  by  striking  out  in  line  ten  thereof  the  figures 

”$1,100.00"  and  substituting  in  lieu  thereof  the  figures 

“$1,200.00,”  so  that  said  line  as  amended  shall  read,  “Clerk  of 
Police  Court,  $1,200.00  per  year/’ 

Sec.  18.  Section  59  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1908  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  in  line  eleven  thereof  the  figures 
“  $3.00  ”  and  substituting  in  lieu  thereof  the  figures  “  $4.00,”  so 
that  said  line  as  amended  shall  read,  “  Assistant  Clerk  of  Police 
Court,  $4.00  per  day  when  acting.” 

Sec.  19.  Section  59  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1908  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  in  line  twelve  thereof  the  figures 
“  $1,600.00  ”  and  substituting  in  lieu  thereof  the  figures 

“  $1,800.00,”  so  that  said  line  as  amended  shall  read,  “  Prosecut¬ 
ing  Attorney  of  Police  Court,  $1,800.00  per  year.” 

Sec.  20.  Section  59  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1908  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  in  line  thirteen  thereof  the  fig¬ 
ures  “  $400.00  ”  and  substituting  in  lieu  thereof  the  figures 
“  $600.00,”  so  that  said  line  as  amended  shall  read,  “  Messenger 
of  Police  Court,  $600.00  per  year.” 

Sec.  21.  An  ordinance  concerning  pay  of  Assistant  Clerk  of 
P)oard  of  Health,  approved  February  24,  1909,  is  hereby  amended 
by  striking  out  the  words,  “  1909,  the  salary  of  the  Assistant 
Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Health  shall  be  thirteen  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars  ($1,350)  per  year,”  and  substituting  in  lieu  thereof  the 
words,  “  1912,  the  salary  of  the  Assistant  Clerk  of  the  Board  of 
Health  shall  be  not  more  than  fifteen  hundred  dollars  ($1,500) 
per  year,”  so  that  said  ordinance  as  amended  shall  read,  “  From 
and  after  the  first  of  April,  1912,  the  salary  of  the  Assistant 
Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Health  shall  be  not  more  than  fifteen  hun¬ 
dred  dollars  ($1,500)  per  year.” 


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Sec.  22.  Section  60  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1908  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  in  line  four  thereof  the  figures 
“  $1,200.00  ”  and  substituting  in  lieu  thereof  the  figures 

“$1,500.00,”  so  that  said  line  as  amended  shall  read,  “  Plumbing 
Inspector,  $1,500.00  per  year.” 

Sec.  23.  Section  60  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1908  is 

hereby  amended  by  striking  out  in  line  five  thereof  the  figures 

“$1,000.00”  and  substituting  in  lieu  thereof  the  figures 

“$1,200.00,”  so  that  said  line  as  amended  shall  read,  “Bacte¬ 
riologist,  $1,200.00  per  year.” 

Sec.  24.  Section  61  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1908  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  in  line  nine  thereof  the  figures 
“$1,350.00”  and  substituting  in  lieu  thereof  the  words  and  fig¬ 
ures  “not  more  than  $1,500.00,”  so  that  said  line  as  amended 
shall  read,  “  Investigator,  not  more  than  $1,500.00  per  year.” 

Sec.  25.  An  ordinance  relating  to  pay  for  clerk  hire  in  the 
Building  Inspector’s  Department,  approved  August  11,  1908,  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  words  and  figures,  “  so  much 
as  is  actually  expended  of  $600.00  per  year,”  and  substituting  in 
lieu  thereof  the  words  and  figures,  “  not  more  than  $720.00  per 
year,”  so  that  said  ordinance  as  amended  shall  read,  “  Clerk  hire, 
not  more  than  $720.00  per  year.” 

Sec.  26.  Section  62  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1908  is 

hereby  amended  by  striking  out  in  line  six  thereof  the  figures 

“$1,000.00”  and  substituting  in  lieu  thereof  the  figures 
“$1,500.00,”  so  that  lines  five  and  six  as  amended  shall  read, 
“  Deputy  Building  Inspector,  in  lieu  of  all  fee,  $1500.00  per 
year.” 

Sec.  27.  Section  63  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1908  is 
hereby  amended  by  striking  out  in  line  three  thereof  the  figures 
“  $400.00  ”  and  substituting  in  lief  thereof  the  words  and  figures 
“  not  more  than  $720.00,”  so  that  said  line  as  amended  shall  read, 

‘  Clerk  of  Registrars,  not  more  than  $720.00  per  year.” 

Sec.  28.  Section  65  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1908  is 

hereby  amended  by  striking  out  in  line  one  thereof  the  figures 

“  $2,200.00  ”  and  substituting  in  lieu  thereof  the  figures 
“  $2,500.00,”  and  by  striking  out  in  line  four  thereof  the 
figures  “$1,000.00”  and  substituting  in  lieu  thereof  the  words 


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and  figures  “  not  more  than  $1,250.00,”  so  that  said  section  as 
amended  shall  read  as  follows : 

“  Tax  Officers,  Assessors,  $2,500.00  per  year  to  each  member 
of  the  board.  Board  of  Relief,  $400.00  per  year  to  each  member 
of  the  board.  Clerk  of  Assessors  and  Board  of  Relief,  not  more 
than  $1,250.00  per  year.  Rate-maker,  $400.00  per  year.” 

Sec.  29.  From  and  after  the  first  Monday  of  April,  1912, 
the  Board  of  Assessors  of  the  City  of  Hartford  shall  have  author¬ 
ity  to  employ,  in  its  discretion,  an  additional  clerk  to  perform 
such  duties  as  shall  be  assigned  to  him  by  said  board,  who  shall 
hold  such  position  at  the  pleasure  of  said  board  and  who  shall  be 
paid  for  such  services  by  the  city  a  salary  at  the  rate  of  not  more 
than  $1,150.00  per  year. 

Sec.  30.  Section  67  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1908,  as 
amended  by  an  ordinance  relating  to  salary  of  clerk  to  Sealer  of 
Weights  and  Measures,  approved  July  12,  1910,  is  hereby  further 
amended  to  read  as  follows:  “  Section  67,  Sealer  of  Weights  and 
Measures.  Sealer  of  Weights  and  Measures,  $1,400.00  per  year. 
Clerk,  not  more  than  $840.00  per  year.” 

Sec.  31.  Section  70  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1908  is 
hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows :  “  Section  70.  Janitors. 
Janitor  of  City  Hall,  not  more  than  $1,200.00  per  year.  Janitor 
of  Halls  of  Record,  not  more  than  $1,100.00  per  year.” 

Sec.  32.  All  ordinances  or  parts  of  ordinances  inconsistent 
herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Sec.  33.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  from  and  after 
April  1,  1912. 

Approved,  March  11,  1912. 


AMENDMENT  TO  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  INCREASE  OF  FORCE 

OF  THE  POLICE  DEPARTMENT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford : 

Section  i.  The  ordinance  entitled  “An  Ordinance  Relating 
to  the  Police  Department,”  approved  March  1,  1910,  is  hereby 
amended  by  striking  out  the  words  “  one  hundred  and  sixteen 


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regular  policemen  ”  in  the  sixth  line  thereof  and  inserting  in 
place  thereof  the  words  “  one  hundred  and  twenty-six  regular 
policemen.  ” 

Sec.  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  April  1,  1912. 
Approved,  March  12,  1912. 


AMENDMENT  TO  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  SALARY  OF  ASSISTANT 

CLERK  OF  CHARITY  DEPARTMENT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  61  of  the  revised  ordinances  of  1908  is  hereby 
amended  by  striking  out  in  the  line  seven  thereof  the  figures 
“  $600.00  ”  and  substituting  in  lieu  thereof  the  words  and  figures 
“  not  more  than  $720.00,”  so  that  said  line  as  amended  shall  read, 
“  Assistant  Clerk,  not  more  than  $720.00  per  year.” 

Approved,  March  12,  1912. 


AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  MINIMUM  WAGE  PER  DAY  FOR 
UNSKILLED  LABORERS  OF  STREET  DEPARTMENT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

The  minimum  rate  of  wage  per  day  for  unskilled  laborers  in 
the  employ  of  the  Board  of  Street  Commissioners  of  the  City  of 
Hartford  shall  be  two  dollars. 

Approved,  March  12,  1912. 


AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  LICENSES  FOR  AUCTIONEERS. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

That  all  persons  licensed  by  the  Mayor  of  the  city  to  sell  at 
auction  under  the  provisions  of  Section  4648  and  4649  °f  the 
General  Statutes  shall  pay  therefor  a  license  fee  of  five  dollars 
a  day  for  the  period  covered  by  such  license. 

Approved,  March  26,  1912. 


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AN  ORDINANCE  AMENDING  SECTIONS  30 7  AND  308  OF  THE  REVISED 
ORDINANCES  RELATING  RESPECTIVELY  TO  REPORTS  OF  DEATHS 
BY  THE  CLERK  OF  THE  BOARD  OF  HEALTH  TO  THE  COURT  OF 
COMMON  COUNCIL  AND  TO  THE  ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  BIRTHS 
BY  SAID  CLERK  TO  THE  COURT  OF  COMMON  COUNCIL. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

That  Sections  307  and  308  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  be,  and 
the  same  are  hereby,  amended  to  read  as  follows : 

Section  307.  REPORTS  OF  DEATHS  BY  CLERK  TO 
COUNCIL.  The  clerk  of  the  Board  of  Health  shall  each  month 
prepare  and  submit  to  the  Court  of  Common  Council  a  report  of 
the  deaths  occurring  during  the  preceding  month,  which  report 
shall  exhibit  in  a  tabular  form  the  age,  sex,  and  color  of  the 
deceased ;  shall  embrace  in  distinct  classes  those  under  one  year 
of  age,  those  from  one  to  five,  those  from  five  to  ten,  those  from 
ten  to  twenty,  and  so  on  for  each  decennial  period ;  shall  show 
the  rate  per  cent,  of  mortality  for  the  city,  and  contain  a  sum* 
mary  of  the  causes  of  death.  During  the  month  of  March  in 
each  year,  said  clerk  shall  prepare  and  submit  to  the  Court  of 
Common  Council  a  report  of  the  deaths  which  have  taken  place 
in  the  city  and  its  several  wards  during  the  previous  year,  show¬ 
ing  the  age,  sex,  color,  civil  condition,  occupation,  and  nativity  of 
the  deceased,  the  cause  of  death,  and  rate  per  cent,  of  mortality, 
classified  in  tabular  form. 

Sec.  308.  ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  BIRTHS.  Said  clerk 
shall,  during  the  month  of  March  in  each  year,  submit  to  the 
Court  of  Common  Council  a  report  of  the  births  which  have 
taken  place  within  the  city  and  within  its  several  wards  during 
the  preceding  year,  which  report  shall  exhibit  in  tabular  form  the 
rate  per  cent,  of  births  in  the  city,  the  number  of  each  sex  born 
during  the  year  and  during  each  month  of  the  year,  the  number 
still-born,  the  color  of  all  in  each  class,  and  the  nativity  of  the 
parents. 

Approved,  March  26,  1912. 


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AN  ORDINANCE  AMENDING  AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  THE  SALE 
OF  HUMAN  FOOD  PASSED  BY  THE  COURT  OF  COMMON 
COUNCIL,  FEBRUARY  28,  I9IO. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

That  the  second  paragraph  of  an  ordinance  relating  to  the 
sale  of  human  food,  passed  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council, 
February  28,  1910,  be,  and  the  same  hereby  is,  amended  by  add¬ 
ing  at  the  end  thereof  the  following:  “No  newspaper  or  soiled 
paper  of  any  sort  may  be  used  for  wrapping  articles  designed  for 
sale  or  delivery  as  human  food,”  so  that  said  paragraph  shall 
read  as  follows : 

“  Every  person  being  the  owner,  lessee  or  occupant  of  any 

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rooms,  stall,  vehicle  or  place  where  any  meat,  fish,  birds  or  fowl, 
fruit  or  vegetables,  or  any  breadstuff s,  cake,  pastry,  or  confec¬ 
tionery  designed  or  held  for  human  food,  shall  be  stored  or  kept, 
or  shall  be  offered  for  sale,  shall  put  and  keep  such  room,  stall, 
vehicle,  or  place  and  its  appurtenances  in  a  clean  and  wholesome 
condition ;  and  every  person  having  charge  or  interested  or 
engaged  whether  as  principal  or  agent,  in  the  care  or  custody  of 
any  meat,  fish,  birds,  or  fowl,  fruit  or  vegetables,  or  any  bread- 
stuffs,  cake,  pastry,  or  confectionery  designed  for  human  food, 
shall  put  and  keep  the  same  in  a  cleanly  and  wholesome  condi¬ 
tion,  and  shall  not  allow  the  same  or  any  part  thereof  to  be  poi¬ 
soned,  infected,  or  rendered  unsafe  or  unwholesome  for  human 
food.  No  newspaper  or  soiled  paper  of  any  sort  may  be  used 
for  wrapping  articles  designed  for  sale  or  delivery  as  human 
food.” 

Approved,  April  16,  1912. 


AMENDMENT  TO  ORDINANCE  REGULATING  STREET  TRAFFIC,  ETC. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

1.  the  ordinance  entitled  “An  Ordinance  Regulating  Street 
Traffic  and  Rules  for  Driving  in  the  City  of  Hartford,”  approved 
Dec.  12,  1911,  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  word 


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“  twenty  ”  in  the  third  line  of  Section  12,  Article  4,  and  inserting 
in  the  place  thereof  the  word  “  forty/'  so  that  said  section  when 
amended  shall  read  as  follows: 

“  Sec.  12.  No  vehicle  shall,  between  the  hours  of  nine  a.  m. 
and  six  p.  m.  on  any  day  except  Sunday,  stop  for  a  longer  period 
than  forty  minutes  on  any  of  the  streets,  or  portions  of  the 
streets,  hereinafter  designated,  to  wit :  Main  Street  from  the 
north  line  of  Grove  Street  extended  to  the  south  line  of  Morgan 
Street  extended;  Mulberry  Street  from  Main  Street  to  Wells 
Street;  Pearl  Street  from  Main  Street  to  Trumbull  Street; 
Asylum  Street  from  Main  Street  to  High  Street ;  Pratt  Street 
from  Main  Street  to  Trumbull  Street;  Church  Street  from  Main 
Street  to  Trumbull  Street;  Grove  Street  from  Main  Street  to 
Prospect  Street;  Prospect  Street  from  Atheneum  Street  to 
Central  Row;  State  Street  from  Main  Street  to  Market  Street; 
Kinsley  Street  from  Main  Street  to  Market  Street;  Temple  Street 
from  Main  Street  to  Market  Street;  Lewis  Street  from  Pearl 
Street  to  Gold  Street ;  provided,  that  this  shall  not  apply  to  teams 
actually  engaged  in  loading  or  unloading  goods  or  merchandise, 
nor  to  vehicles  on  public  stands,  nor  to  vehicles  of  physicians 
engaged  in  the  actual  performance  of  their  duties  outside  of  their 
offices.” 

Approved,  June  25,  1912. 


AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  PAY  OF  MESSENGER  OF  THE 

CITY  COURT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

That  Section  59  of  the  Revised  Ordinances,  entitled  “  Legal 
and  Judicial  Department,”  as  amended  December  28,  1910,  be 
amended  so  that  the  fourth  and  fifth  lines  thereof,  relating  to  the 
pay  of  the  Messenger  of  the  City  Court,  be  amended  so  as  to 
read  as  follows : 

“  Messenger  of  the  City  Court  $600  per  year.” 

This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  on  and  after  August  1,  1912. 
Approved,  July  15,  1912. 


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AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  FIRE-STOPS  ON  BUILDINGS. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford : 

That  Section  373  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  of  1908  be 
amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

“  Section  373.  Every  interior  iron  column  supporting  a 
partition  or  other  brick  wall  or  pier,  shall  be  fireproofed  by  being 
properly  encased  in  brick  or  terra  cotta,  or  by  a  coating  of  plaster 
one  inch  thick  on  wire  or  metal  lathing,  or  other  fireproof  mate¬ 
rials.  Inside  the  fire  limits,  every  furred  wall  or  partition  of 
stone,  brick,  or  other  like  material,  shall  be  provided  with  fire- 
stops  at  each  story,  said  stop  to  consist  of  brick,  mortar  or  other 
fireproof  materials.  Stud-bearing  partitions  shall  be  provided 
with  fire-stops  at  each  story  which  may  be  of  the  same  material 
as  partition,  but  no  stop  of  wood  shall  be  less  than  two  inches 
thick,  by  the  full  width  of  partition.  Where  mortar  stops  are 
used,  wooden  strips  two  inches  thick  may  be  used  as  supports. 
The  spaces  between  the  floor  joists,  where  they  rest  upon  the 
bearing  partitions,  shall  be  stopped.  The  stop  can  be  of  the  same 
material  as  the  partition,  but  no  stop  shall  be  less  than  two  inches 
thick.  The  spaces  between  the  stair  strings  and  the  joists  of  the 
landing,  unless  unceiled,  shall  be  stopped  at  three  places  in  each 
story ;  stops  can  be  of  wood  not  less  than  two  inches  thick.  In 
every  building  theYe  shall  be  a  line  of  fire-stops  at  every  story 
which  shall  be  set  at  the  underside  of  each  set  of  door  joists , 
and  at  the  base  of  all  carrying  partitions ,  and  all  carrying  parti¬ 
tions  to  have  at  least  one  line  of  bridging,  said  fire-stops  and 
bridging  to  be  at  least  two  inches  thick,  and  the  full  width  of 
studding.  In  all  buildings,  without  regard  to  the  number  of 
stories,  including  all  rooms  finished  off  in  the  space  enclosed  by 
the  roof,  in  what  is  termed  the  attic,  all  outside  walls  and  all 
inside  partitions  shall  be  plastered  down  to  the  floor  and  back  of 
all  cases  and  wainscoting  in  each  story.” 

Approved,  July  15,  1912. 


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ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  SALARY  OF  CITY  MARSHAL. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford : 

1  hat  Section  52  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  entitled  “  General 
City  Officers”  as  amended  Dec.  28,  1910,  be  amended  so  that 
the  last  two  lines  thereof  relating  to  the  pay  of  the  City  Marshal 
for  attendance  in  the  City  Court  shall  read  as  follows :  “  City 
Marshal  $500  per  year  and  $600  per  year  for  attendance  in  the 
City  Court.” 

Approved,  August  13,  1912. 


AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  THE  LICENSING  OF  PEDDLERS. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  i.  No  person  except  those  exempted  by  the  Sta¬ 
tutes  of  the  State  shall  sell  or  offer  for  sale  within  the  city,  any 
groceries,  provisions,  fruits,  or  any  article  of  food,  or  any  goods, 
wares,  or  merchandise,  unless  he  shall  have  obtained  a  license  so 
to  do  from  the  Chief  of  Police.  This  section,  however,  shall  not 
apply  to  occupants  of  stores  or  shops  within  the  city. 

Sec.  2.  The  fee  for  such  license  shall  be  $5  for  each  year  or 
portion  thereof  in  all  cases,  except  for  non-residents  occupying 
a  stand  or  location  in  the  highway,  for  which  the  fee  shall  be 
$15  a  day  or  $50  a  week;  and  unless  sooner  revoked,  all  licenses 
shall  expire  on  the  thirty-first  day  of  March  succeeding  the  date 
of  issue  thereof  ;  but  no  such  license  shall  be  issued  by  the  Chief 
of  Police  until  the  weights  and  measures  of  the  applicant,  if  any 
such  are  used  by  him  in  his  business,  have  been  approved  and 
stamped  by  the  Sealer  of  Weights  and  Measures  and  a  certificate 
to  that  effect  from  the  Sealer  of  Weights  and  Measures  has  been 
exhibited  with  the  Chief  of  Police. 

Sec.  3.  Each  person  so  licensed  shall,  on  exercising  his  voca¬ 
tion,  wear  conspicuously  on  his  left  breast  a  suitable  badge 
designed  and  furnished  by  the  Chief  of  Police  with  the  words 
“  Licensed  Vendor  "  and  the  number  of  his  license  and  the  year 


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such  license  is  in  force,  in  numerals,  plainly  inscribed  thereon  ; 
and  each  person  so  licensed,  when  using  for  the  purpose  for 
which  he  is  licensed,  a  wagon,  cart,  or  vehicle,  shall  have  plainly 
displayed  on  both  sides  of  such  wagon,  cart  or  vehicle,  a  sign 
designed  and  furnished  by  the  Chief  of  Police  bearing  the  num¬ 
ber  of  his  license  and  the  year  in  which  such  license  is  in  force  in 
numerals  and  the  words  “  Licensed  Vendor  ”  in  Roman  letters, 
each  numeral  or  letter  to  be  at  least  three  inches  in  height,  such 
badge  and  sign  to  be  furnished  by  the  Chief  of  Police  without 
expense  to  the.  person  so  licensed. 

Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Chief  of  Police  to  keep 
a  record  of  all  licenses  granted  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance  in  a  book  provided  for  the  purpose,  giving  the  number  and 
date  of  each  license;  name,  age,  and  residence  of  the  person 
licensed ;  the  amount  of  license  fee  paid,  and  also  the  date  of 
revocation  of  all  licenses  revoked  as  hereinafter  provided.  Said 
Chief  shall  further  keep  a  detailed  account  of  all  his  receipts  for 
such  licenses,  and  make  a  return  thereof  annually  to  the  City 
Treasurer.  Said  Chief  shall,  at  the  end  of  each  month,  report  to 
the  Sealer  of  Weights  and  Measures  the  name,  age,  and  resi¬ 
dence  of  each  person  licensed  under  the  provisions  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance,  together  with  the  number  and  date  of  each  license  issued 
during  such  month. 

Sec.  5.  Any  person  who  shall  engage  in  the  business  afore¬ 
said  without  being  duly  licensed  as  herein  provided,  or  who  shall 
violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  shall  be  fined  not 
exceeding  ten  dollars,  and  the  Judge  of  the  Police  Court  may, 
in  his  discretion,  revoke  the  license  of  any  person  convicted  of  a 
violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance,  (or  of  any 
ordinance  of  the  City  of  Hartford  relative  to  the  storing,  han¬ 
dling,  or  sale  of  food,  or  any  rule  or  regulation  of  the  Board  of 
Health  or  the  Police  Department  in  relation  thereto,  or  for  any 
other  proper  cause,  upon  the  presentation  of  due  evidence). 

Sec.  6.  All  ordinances,  or  parts  of  ordinances,  inconsistent 
herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved,  August  13,  1912. 


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AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  THE  APPOINTMENT,  DUTIES,  AND 
COMPENSATION  OF  THE  SECRETARY  TO  THE  MAYOR. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford : 

Section  i.  The  office  of  the  Mayor’s  stenographer  is  hereby 
abolished,  and  the  Mayor  of  the  City  of  Hartford  is  hereby 
authorized  to  appoint  from  time  to  time  some  proper  person  who 
shall  be  a  duly  qualified  citizen  of  the  City  of  Hartford,  to  act  as 
secretary  to  the  Mayor  and  to  serve  during  his  pleasure. 

Sec.  2.  The  duties  of  such  officer  shall  be  to  act  as  secretary 
and  stenographer  to  the  Mayor,  under  his  instructions,  and  to 
act  as  assistant  secretary  and  stenographer  to  the  Board  of  Con¬ 
tract  and  Supply,  Commission  on  City  Plan,  Public  Dock  Com¬ 
mission,  Board  of  Finance  and  such  other  commissions  or  com¬ 
mittees  of  which  the  Mayor  is  a  member  as  the  Mayor  may 
request. 

Sec.  3.  The  salary  of  said  officer  shall  be  at  the  rate  of 
Twelve  Hundred  Dollars  per  year. 

Approved,  October  15,  1912. 


AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  THE  LICENSING  OF  PLUMBERS. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford : 

That  the  Ordinance  approved  by  the  Court  of  Common  Coum 
cil  March  1,  1910,  the  same  being  an  a'mendment  to  Section  296 
of  the  Revised  Ordinances,  be  amended  to  read  as  follows : 

“  The  Board  of  Health  shall  issue  licenses  to  plumbers  as 
hereinafter  provided  and  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  licenses  so 
issued.  Every  plumber  now  carrying  on  his  trade  in  the  City 
of  Hartford  who  has  not  received  a  plumber’s  license  from  the 
Board  of  Health  Commissioners,  shall,  on  or  before  the  first  day 
of  December,  1912,  and  each  plumber  desiring  hereafter  to  carry 
on  his  said  trade,  shall,  before  commencing  business,  apply  to  the 
Board  of  Health  for  a  license  as  a  plumber,  and  shall,  before 
receiving  such  license,  be  examined  as  to  his  qualifications  as  a 


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plumber  in  accordance  with  such  rules  and  regulations  as  the 
Board  of  Health  may  prescribe.  Every  master  plumber  while 
engaged  in  the  plumbing  business  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  who 
is  not  himself  a  licensed  plumber,  shall  have  in  his  employ  at 
least  one  licensed  plumber.  Every  master  plumber  shall  display 
in  a  prominent  and  conspicuous  place  in  his  place  of  business  his 
own  license,  or,  if  he  is  not  himself  a  licensed  plumber,  the  license 
of  at  least  one  of  the  licensed  plumbers  who  may  at  that  time  be 
in  his  actual  employ,  and  shall  not  so  display  any  license,  other 
than  his  own,  unless  the  plumber  holding  said  license  is  actually 
working  for  him.” 

Approved,  October  29,  1912. 


AN  AMENDMENT  TO  SECTION  379  OF  THE  REVISED  ORDINANCES 
OF  1908  RELATING  TO  FRONTAGES  AND  ENTRANCES  TO 

THEATERS. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council : 

That  Section  379  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  be  and  the  same 
is  hereby  amended  by  adding  at  the  end  of  the  first  paragraph  of 
said  section,  the  following : 

“  But  when  said  building  has  no  immediate  street  frontage, 
its  main  entrance  shall  open  upon  an  area  or  unoccupied  space  at 
least  thirty  feet  in  width  and  equal  in  area  to  one-half  of  the 
auditorium,  and  said  court  space  shall  be  directly  connected  with 
a  street  or  public  space  by  passages  which  have  an  aggregate 
total  width  of  at  least  forty  feet,  no  one  of  which  passages,  how¬ 
ever,  shall  be  less  than  ten  feet  in  width,  so  that  said  Ordinance 
as  amended  shall  read  as  follows: 

“  There  shall  be  at  least  one  exit  on  this  front,  which  shall 
be  in  no  case  less  than  five  feet  in  width,  and  of  such  greater 
width  in  proportion  to  the  seating  capacity  of  the  hall  as  an 
allowance  of  twenty  inches  for  each  one  hundred  persons  will  in 
the  aggregate  require.  There  shall  be  other  independent  exits 
of  the  same  aggregate  capacity.  There  shall  be  open  courts  on 
the  sides  not  less  than  ten  feet  wide,  with  an  exit  or  corridor 
from  the  court  to  the  street.  All  rooms  in  theaters  for  the  use 


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of  persons  employed  therein  shall  have  two  independent  exits. 
All  doors  shall  open  outwards,  and  shall  not  be  placed  to  reduce 
the  passages  above  required.  Every  exit  shall  have  over  the 
same,  on  the  inside,  the  words/  This  way  out/  in  legible  letters 
not  less  than  four  inches  high.  Plans  showing  the  exits  and 
stairways  shall  be  printed  on  every  program  or  play  bill.  All 
exits  from  the  building  shall  be  open  at  the  beginning  of  every 
performance  and  whenever  necessary  and  shall  have  fastenings 
on  the  inside  only,  but  when  said  building  has  no  immediate 
street  frontage,  its  main  entrance  shall  open  upon  an  area  or 
unoccupied  space  at  least  thirty  feet  in  width  and  equal  in  area 
to  one-half  of  the  auditorium,  and  said  court  space  shall  be 
directly  connected  with  a  street  or  public  space  by  passages  which 
have  an  aggregate  total  width  of  at  least  forty  feet  and  two  of 
which  passages,  however,  shall  not  be  less  than  ten  feet  in  width.” 

Approved,  January  14,  1913. 


ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  SALARY,  GRADING,  PAY,  LOSS  OF  TIME, 
LEAVE  OF  ABSENCE  AND  VACATION  OF  MEMBERS  OF  THE 

FIRE  DEPARTMENT. 


Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

1.  That  Section  56  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  be  and  is 
hereby  amended  to  read  as  follows : 

Clerk  of  the  Board  of  Fire  Commissioners  .  .  .  .$1,800  per  year 
Stenographer  Board  of  Fire  Commissioners  at 

the  rate  of  not  more  than  .  624 

Chief  of  Fire  Department .  2,700 

First  Deputy  Chief  of  Fire  Department .  2,000 

Second  Deputy  Chief  of  Fire  Department .  1,700 

Master  Mechanic  .  1,600 

Electrical  Inspector  .  2,000 

Asst.  Electrical  Inspector  .  T5°° 

Linemen  at  the  rate  of  not  more  than .  1,200 

Captains,  each  at  the  rate  of .  1,400 

Lieutenants,  each  at  the  rate  of .  L3°° 


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Engineer  and  Mechanic  at  the  rate  of . $1,400  per  year 

Engineers  at  the  rate  of  .  1,350 

Inspector  of  wires  .  1,500 

The  regular  firemen  commonly  known  as  privates,  shall  be 
divided  into  two  grades.  All  firemen  shall  serve  the  first  year 
after  appointment  in  the  second  grade  and  thereafter  in  the  first 
grade. 

The  pay  of  regular  firemen  shall  be  at  the  following  rates : 

First  grade  . $1,200  per  year 

Second  grade  .  1,050 

Pay  of  men  on  the  substitute  roll  of  the  fire  department 
employed  in  place  of  regular  men  or  at  fires,  or  on  special  duty, 
shall  be  at  the  same  rate  as  the  second  grade  privates,  to  wit : 

At  the  rate  of . $1,050  per  year 

2.  At  the  discretion  of  the  Board  of  Fire  Commissioners 
allowance  may  be  made  for  time  lost  through  injury  received  in 
the  lines  of  duty  and  also  allowance  of  half  pay  for  time  lost  by 
reason  of  sickness. 

3.  The  person  occupying  the  position  of  master  mechanic 
shall  have  charge  of  the  department  machine  shop  and  perform 
such  other  duties  as  the  Board  of  Fire  Commissioners  may  direct 
and  shall  have  the  rank  of  Deputy  Chief. 

4.  That  the  duties  of  the  engineer  and  mechanic  shall  include 
the  regular  duties  of  engineer,  and  the  person  occupying  said 
position  shall  assist  in  the  department  machine  shop.  Appoint¬ 
ment  to  this  grade  shall  be  optional  to  the  Board  of  Fire 
Commissioners. 

5.  That  the  position  of  stenographer  of  the  Board  of  Fire 
Commissioners  be  and  is  hereby  created  and  shall  include  the 
usual  duties  of  stenographer  and  office  assistant  to  the  Clerk 
of  Board  of  Fire  Commissioners  and  Inspector  of  Wires. 

6.  One  day’s  leave  of  absence  in  each  ten,  and  ten  days 
vacation  annually,  shall  be  granted  to  the  permanent  force  of  the 
Fire  Department.  Such  leave  and  vacation  shall  be  without 
deduction  in  pay. 

7.  All  ordinances  and  amendments  of  ordinances  inconsist¬ 
ent  herewith  are  hereby  repealed. 


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8.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  on  and  after  April  first, 
I9I3- 

Approved,  January  14,  1913. 


AN  AMENDMENT  TO  SECTION  239  OF  THE  REVISED  ORDINANCES 
RELATING  TO  DUTIES  OF  THE  CORPORATION  COUNSEL. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Resolved,  That  Section  239  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  be 
amended  by  adding  thereto  the  following,  to  wit: 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Corporation  Counsel  to  make 
report  from  time  to  time  to  the  Court  of  Common  Council 
whenever  requested  so  to  do  regarding  any  matter  relative  to 
amending  the  City  Charter  to  be  referred  by  him  as  Corporation 
Counsel  to  any  session  of  the  General  Assembly. 

Approved,  January  14,  1913. 


AN  AMENDMENT  TO  SECTION  IO  OF  ARTICLE  4  OF  THE  TRAFFIC 

ORDINANCE. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

That  Section  10  of  Article  4  of  the  Ordinances  regulating 
Street  Traffic  approved  September  12th,  1911,  be  amended  by 
striking  out  the  word  “  either  ”  in  the  second  line  of  said  section 
and  substituting  therefor  “  a  westerly,”  so  that  said  section  as 
amended  shall  read  as  follows : 

“  Street  cars  passing  through  Pearl  Street  in  a  westerly 
direction  shall  not  stop  between  the  Phoenix  Mutual  Life  Insur¬ 
ance  Company’s  Building,  No.  49  Pearl  Street,  and  Main  Street 
for  the  purpose  of  discharging,  or  taking  on  passengers.” 

Approved,  March  11,  1913. 


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AN  ORDINANCE  CREATING  POSITION  OF  MECHANIC  OF  THE  POLICE 

DEPARTMENT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford,  that: 

Section  1.  The  Board  of  Police  Commissioners  shall  have 
power  to  select  from  time  to  time  from  the  supernumerary  force 
of  the  Police  Department  and  to  appoint  to  serve  during  the 
pleasure  of  said  Board,  a  duly  qualified  person  who  shall  be 
known  as  “  Mechanic  of  the  Department.”  He  shall  have  charge 
of  and  shall  keep  in  good  order  and  condition  and  in  proper 
repair  all  gasoline  machines  and  motor  vehicles  belonging  to  or 
in  charge  of  said  Department  and  shall  perform  such  other 
duties  as  from  time  to  time  may  be  prescribed  by  said  Board. 

Sec.  2.  The  daily  hours  of  duty  of  such  Mechanic  of  the 
Department  shall  be  also  prescribed  by  said  Board ;  he  shall 
receive  the  pay  of  a  patrolman  of  the  first  grade,  and  shall  be 
entitled  to  the  same  vacation  that  such  a  patrolman  now  receives 
under  existing  Ordinances. 

Approved,  March  25,  1913. 


AMENDMENT  TO  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  THE  POWERS  OF  THE 

BUILDING  INSPECTOR,  ETC- 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council: 

That  Sections  320,  321  and  392  of  the  Ordinances  be  amended 
so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

Section  320.  INSPECTION  OF  BUILDINGS.  It  shall  be 
the  duty  of  said  Inspector  to  examine  the  condition  of  all  build¬ 
ings  within  the  City  limits  and  to  serve  notice  in  writing 
upon  the  builders,  owners  or  architects  of  such  structures,  as  he 
deems  to  be  unsafe  or  insecure  in  any  particular,  by  reason  of 
the  mode  or  manner  of  construction,  or  material  used  in  the  con¬ 
struction  thereof,  or  from  any  other  cause  or  reason,  and  to 
order  such  changes  in  the  mode  or  manner  of  construction  and 
materials  used,  or  such  alteration  or  change  in  such  building,  or 
part  thereof,  as  he  may  deem  necessary  to  make  said  building 
secure  and  safe;  and  said  Building  Inspector  may  order  such 


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buildings  or  any  part  thereof  to  be  taken  down  or  demolished 
if  he  deem  such  action  necessary  for  the  public  safety. 

Sec.  321.  RIGHT  TO  ENTER.  The  said  Inspector  is 
hereby  empowered  to,  and  whenever,  in  his  judgment,  occasion 
may  require,  shall  enter  into  and  upon  any  building,  premises, 
staging,  or  other  structure  for  the  purpose  of  examining  the  same 
in  reference  to  its  safety,  and  attending  to  the  performance  of 
his  duties  as  required  by  law,  and  shall  order  the  same  altered 
or  demolished  to  his  reasonable  acceptance  at  the  expense  of  the 
owner  thereof,  or  of  the  owner  of  the  land  upon  which  the  same 
is  located. 

Sec.  392.  PENALTY.  If  any  person  shall  violate  any 
provision  of  this  ordinance  or  wilfully  disobey  or  refuse  to  con¬ 
form  to  any  written  order  of  the  building  inspector  as  aforesaid, 
unless  the  same  shall  have  been  set  aside  or  modified  by  said 
City  Court  on  an  appeal,  or  by  said  board  of  arbitrators  on  an 
appeal,  or  any  order  or  decree  of  either  said  court  or  said  board 
of  arbitrators  made  by  either  on  an  appeal  as  aforesaid,  or  any 
order  of  the  board  of  health  relating  to  ventilation,  light  or 
drainage,  he  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  may  be  pun¬ 
ished  on  conviction  thereof,  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than  two 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  and  each  succeeding  period  of  seven 
days  in  the  disobedience  or  refusal  to  conform  to  such  order 
shall  be  considered  a  separate  offense. 

Approved,  June  10,  1913. 


AMENDMENT  TO  SECTION  6l  REVISED  ORDINANCES  RELATING  TO 

SALARIES  OF  CHARITY  DEPARTMENT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  61  of  the  Revised  Ordinances,  of  the  City  of  Hartford, 
is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  words,  “  Eleven  thousand 
two  hundred  dollars”  in  the  12th  and  13th  lines  of  said  section, 
and  substituting  therefore  the  words,  “  Fourteen  thousand 
dollars.” 

Approved,  July  15,  1913. 


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AN  ORDINANCE  PROHIBITING  CERTAIN  FORMS  OF  ADVERTISING 

IN  THE  CITY  STREETS. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  i.  No  advertising  vehicles,  trucks,  vans  or  wagons 
shall  be  allowed  in  the  streets  of  the  City  of  Hartford.  Nothing 
herein  contained  shall  prevent  the  putting  of  business  notices 
upon  ordinary  business  wagons,  so  long  as  such  wagons  are 
engaged  in  the  usual  business  or  work  of  the  owner,  and  not 
used  merely  or  mainly  for  advertising. 

Sec.  2.  Nobody  shall  place  or  carry  upon  his  person,  or 
cause  to  be  placed  or  carried  upon  the  person  of  another,  on  any 
sidewalk  or  street  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  any  show-board, 
placard,  or  sign,  for  the  purpose  of  there  displaying  the  same. 

Sec.  3.  The  word  “vehicles"  as  used  in  Section  1,  shall 
be  deemed  to  include  wagons,  trucks,  carts,  cabs,  carriages, 
stages,  omnibusses,  motors,  automobiles,  locomobiles,  locomo¬ 
tives,  bicycles,  tricycles,  sleighs,  or  other  conveyances  for  persons 
or  property. 

Sec.  4.  Any  violation  of  Sections  1  and  2  of  this  Ordi¬ 
nance  shall  be  a  misdemeanor  and  be  punished  by  a  fine  not 
exceeding  twenty  (20)  dollars. 

Sec.  5.  An  Ordinance  prohibiting  certain  forms  of  advertis¬ 
ing  in  the  City  Streets,  passed  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council, 
and  approved  October  11,  1910,  is  hereby  repealed. 

Approved,  July  15,  1913. 


AN  ORDINANCE  AMENDING  AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  THE 

REGULATION  OF  HANDLING  GARBAGE. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

That  Section  124  of  the  Ordinances  of  the  City  of  Hartford, 
be  amended  to  read  as  follows : 

Every  person  owning  or  in  charge  of  any  place  where  meals 
or  food  or  drinks  are  prepared  for,  or  furnished  to,  human  beings, 
or  having  in  possession  or  being  responsible  for  any  garbage, 


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shall  cause  such  garbage  to  be  placed  in  suitable  water-tight 
covered  metal  vessels,  in  some  part  of  his  premises  convenient  for 
removal  or  in  some  place  designated  by  the  Board  of  Health,  and 
shall  not  mingle  or  cause  or  allow  to  be  mingled  any  such  garbage 
with  ashes,  store  sweepings,  rubbish  or  other  waste  materials. 

Said  garbage  shall  be  separately  removed  by,  or  under  the 
direction  of  the  Board  of  Street  Commissioners,  in  water-tight 
covered  receptacles  or  carts,  under  such  rules  and  regulations  as 
said  Board  may  from  time  to  time  establish,  and  at  such  times 
not  less  than  3  times  a  week  from  May  15th  to  October  15th,  in 
each  year,  and  not  less  than  twice  a  week  from  October  15th  to 
May  15th,  as  said  Board  may  prescribe. 

The  removal,  disposition  and  destruction  of  said  garbage  shall 
be  in  the  least  offensive  and  most  sanitary  manner  possible. 

Approved,  July  15,  1913. 


ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  THE  SALE  OF  HUMAN  FOOD. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council : 

That  the  second  paragraph  of  an  ordinance  relating  to  the  sale 
of  human  food  passed  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council,  February 
28,  1910,  and  approved  March  1st,  1910,  as  amended  April  16, 
1912,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  amended  so  as  to  read  as  follows : 

Every  person  being  the  owner,  lessee  or  occupant  of  any  room, 
stall,  vehicle  or  place  where  any  article  used  by  man  to  be  eaten 
or  drunk,  shall  be  stored  or  kept,  sold  or  offered  for  sale,  shall 
put  and  keep  such  place  and  its  appurtenances  in  a  clean  and 
wholesome  condition ;  and  ho  person  either  principal  or  agent, 
having  charge  of  or  interested  or  engaged  in  the  care  or  custody 
of  any  such  article  so  used  by  man,  except  fruits  and  vegetables 
that  are  peeled,  pared  or  cooked  before  consumption,  shall  keep, 
sell,  offer  for  sale,  display  or  transport  any  such  article  unless  the 
same  is  protected  from  dust,  dirt,  flies,  soiled  papers,  newspapers, 
and  all  kinds  of  contamination. 

Approved,  September  9,  1913. 


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AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  ELIGIBILITY  FOR  APPOINTMENT  TO  ANY 
OFFICE  OR  WORK  BY  THE  CITY  OF  HARTFORD. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council: 

Section  i.  No  person  shall  be  eligible  for  appointment  to 
any  office  in  the  City  of  Hartford,  nor  for  employment  in  any  work 
done  by  the  City  of  Hartford,  or  any  of  the  departments  thereof, 
unless  such  person  shall  have  been  a  resident  of  the  City  of  Hart¬ 
ford  at  least  six  months  prior  to  said  appointment  or  employment. 

Sec.  2.  This  ordinance  may  be  suspended  by  two-thirds  vote 
of  the  Court  of  Common  Council. 

Sec.  3.  Section  86  of  the  Ordinances  of  the  City  of  Hartford 
is  hereby  repealed. 

[Reconsidered  and  adopted  by  a  rising  vote  of  13  to  6  in  the 
Board  of  Aldermen,  October  27,  1913,  the  Mayor’s  veto  to  the 
contrary  notwithstanding. 

Common  Council  Board  concurred  by  a  rising  vote  of  27  to  9]. 


AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  THE  SINKING  FUND. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

That  the  Court  of  Common  Council  shall  annually  lay  a  tax  of 
at  least  one  mill  on  the  dollar  on  the  City’s  Grand  List  for  the  pur¬ 
pose  of  extinguishing  the  City’s  funded  debt,  and 

That  the  Board  of  Finance  shall  each  year  include  in  their 
annual  estimate  of  moneys  necessary  to  be  appropriated  for  the 
expenses  of  said  City,  for  the  year  ensuing  beginning  April  first, 
a  sum  equal  to  at  least  one  mill  on  the  dollar  to  be  laid  on  the 
City’s  Grand  List  for  a  Sinking  Fund  to  extinguish  the  City’s 
funded  debt. 

Approved,  October  27,  1913. 


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AN  ORDINANCE  REGULATING  THE  PASSAGE  OF  CRIMINALS  THROUGH 

THE  CITY  STREETS. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  i.  No  person  having  in  his  custody  any  person  or 
persons  charged  with  or  convicted  of  crime,  and  who  may  be 
handcuffed  or  shackled,  shall  convey  or  cause  to  he  conveyed  such 
person  or  persons  through  or  upon  any  street  in  the  City  of 
Hartford  in  any  conveyance  in  which  the  public  are  allowed  to  ride 
at  the  same  time. 

Sec.  2.  Any  violation  of  Section  1  of  this  ordinance  shall  be 
deemed  a  misdemeanor,  and  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceed¬ 
ing  twenty  dollars. 

Approved,  November  11,  1913. 


AMENDMENT  TO  SECTION  4IO  OF  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO 

LICENSES  OF  AMUSEMENTS,  ETC. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

That  section  410  of  the  Ordinances  be  amended  by  adding  at 
the  end  of  the  13th  line  thereof  the  following  words,  “  Athletic 
halls  used  exclusively  for  holding  athletic  games,  contests  and 
exhibitions,  $75  per  year,"  so  that  section  410  as  amended  shall 
read : 

“  License  fees,  inspection.  Every  licensee  before  he  receives 
any  license  for  a  theatrical  exhibition,  public  show,  public  amuse¬ 
ment,  athletic  contest,  or  other  performance  or  exhibition  of  any 
description  to  which  admission  is  obtained  by  the  payment  of 
money  or  the  delivery  of  any  valuable  thing,  or  by  any  ticket  or 
voucher  obtained  for  money  or  any  valuable  thing,  shall  pay  for 
such  license,  covering  such  performance  or  exhibition,  as  follows : 

Circus,  Wild  West  Show,  and  out-door  and  tent  performances 
of  an  itinerant  and  transient  character,  $75.00  per  day. 

Athletic  contests,  for  each  contest,  $15.00. 


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Theaters,  for  all  performances  that  may  be  held  in  them  $75.00 
per  year ;  athletic  halls  used  exclusively  for  holding  athletic 
games,  contests  and  exhibitions,  $75.00  per  year. 

All  other  performances,  public  shows,  public  performances  or 
exhibitions,  $1.00  per  day,  and  every  such  licensee,  as  a  condition 
for  obtaining  such  license,  shall  cause  facilities  for  entering  and 
inspecting  his  place  of  amusement  and  viewing  the  exhibition  of 
performances  therein  to  be  furnished  at  all  times  to  the  mayor 
when  applying  therefor.  ” 

Approved,  December  23,  1913. 


AMENDMENTS  TO  SECTIONS  437  AND  438  OF  THE  REVISED 
ORDINANCES  OF  1908  RELATING  TO  RATE-MAKER,  DUTIES. 

CITY  COLLECTOR.  TAX  WARRANTS.  AND 
DELINQUENT  TAX  PAYERS. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

That  Sections  437  and  438  be  amended  to  read  as  follows : 

437.  “  Rate-maker,  duties.  City  collector.  Tax  Warrants. 

Delinquent  tax  payers.  The  Court  of  Common  Council  shall,  at 
any  regular  meeting  held  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  April  in 
1914  and  biennially  thereafter,  appoint,  by  concurrent  vote,  a  city 
rate-maker,  who  shall  hold  his  office  for  the  term  of  two  years, 
and  who  shall  make  out,  certify,  and  report  to  the  collector  before 
the  first  day  of  June  in  each  year,  a  rate  bill  setting  forth  the  pro¬ 
portion  which  each  taxable  person  shall  pay  according  to  law. 
The  collector  of  the  City,  in  collecting  any  tax  laid  by  the  Court 
t  of  Common  Council,  shall  have  the  powers  and  conform  to  the 

regulations  conferred  upon  and  prescribed  for  the  collection  of 
town  taxes  by  the  public  statutes  of  the  state,  after  having 
%  received  from  the  Mayor  a  warrant  for  the  collection  of  any  such 

tax,  which  warrant  the  Mayor  is  empowered  to  issue  upon  appli- 
*  cation  of  the  Collector.  And  the  Collector  shall  be  accountable  to 

the  Mayor  in  the  same  manner  as  collectors  of  town  taxes  are  to 
the  selectmen ;  and  the  Mayor  may  also  issue  his  warrant  to  and 


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thereby  require  and  empower  the  city  Marshal  to  collect  from  any 
negligent  collector  the  sums  due  from  such  collector  to  the  City 
Treasurer;  which  warrant  may  be  against  the  lands,  chattels,  and 
body  of  such  collector;  and  said  warrant  shall  be  proceeded  with 
like  executions  in  civil  actions. 

438.  Annual  tax.  Special  tax.  The  Court  of  Common 
Council,  at  any  regular  meeting  thereof,  held  on  or  before  the  first 
day  of  April,  in  each  year,  shall  lay  a  tax  upon  the  polls  and 
ratable  estate  within  the  city,  as  the  annual  tax  for  the  current 
year,  for  the  purpose  of  defraying  any  lawful  expense,  or  paying 
the  principal  or  interest  upon  any  lawful  debt,  or  discharging  any 
lawful  liability  of  the  City  of  Hartford ;  and  it  shall  be  its  duty 
to  lay  such  taxes  annually,  at  least,  upon  the  proper  list,  provided 
that  taxes  authorized  by  law  for  any  specific  purpose,  and  other 
than  the  ordinary  annual  tax  of  the  city,  may  be  laid  at  any 
regular  meeting  of  the  Court  of  Common  Council.  ” 

Approved,  January  27,  1914. 


AN  ORDINANCE  REGULATING  THE  EMISSION  OF  SMOKE  IN  THE 

CITY  OF  HARTFORD. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford : 

1.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Building  Inspector  to  investigate 
all  violations  and  complaints  of  violations  of  this  ordinance ;  to 
collect  evidence  in  regard  to  the  same,  and  present  such  evidence 
to  the  Prosecuting  Attorney  for  his  action. 

2.  Before  any  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  construct  or 
alter  any  stationary  steam  plant,  boiler  or  furnace  within  the  city 
limits,  he  shall  make  application  at  the  office  of  the  Building 
Inspector  for  a  permit  for  that  purpose,  and  shall  furnish  a  written 
statement  with  plans  and  specifications  in  duplicate,  giving  the 
style  and  dimensions  of  such  steam  plant,  boiler  or  furnace, 
together  with  the  height  and  size  of  stack  or  chimney  and  the 
method  or  device  to  be  adopted  for  the  prevention  of  the  emission 
of  dense  smoke  therefrom ;  and  if  the  matters  described  in  said 


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application  and  statement  of  plans  and  specifications  be  approved 
by  said  Building  Inspector,  he  shall  issue  a  permit  for  the  con¬ 
struction  or  alteration  of  such  steam  plant,  boiler  or  furnace, 
keeping  for  the  records  of  his  office  one  set  of  the  application 
papers.  The  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  minor 
necessary  or  emergency  alterations  or  repairs  which  do  not 
increase  the  capacity  of  said  plants  or  involve  any  substantial 
alteration  in  structure  or  any  alteration  in  the  efficiency  or  method 
of  smoke  prevention. 

3.  The  emission  of  dense  smoke  within  the  city  from  smoke¬ 
stack  of  any  locomotive  for  a  period  of  more  than  30  seconds  in 
any  one  period  of  five  minutes,  is  hereby  declared  a  nuisance, 
provided  however  that  stacks  of  locomotives  moving  trains  of  six 
cars  or  more  shall  be  permitted  to  emit  smoke  for  one  minute  in 
any  five  minute  period,  provided  that  the  emission  of  smoke  of 
such  darkness  or  density  for  a  period  not  exceeding  three  minutes 
from  the  stack  of  any  locomotive  which  is  unexpectedly  stopped 
by  breakdown,  signal  or  sudden  emergency  is  permitted,  and  that 
stacks  of  locomotives  in  and  about  roundhouses  be  permitted  to 
emit  dense  smoke  for  30  minutes  during  the  period  when  the  fire 
is  being  built  or  rebuilt  after  cleaning.  The  emission  of  dense 
smoke  upon  the  river  adjacent  to  the  city  from  the  smokestack  of 
any  steam  vessel  for  a  period  of  more  than  five  minutes  in  any  one 
hour  is  hereby  declared  to  be  a  nuisance.  The  emission  of  dense 
smoke  within  the  city  from  the  smokestack  of  any  steam  roller, 
steam  derrick,  steam  pile  driver,  tar  kettle  or  other  similar 
machine  or  contrivance,  or  from  the  smokestack  or  chimney  of 
any  building  or  upon  any  premises,  except  for  nine  minutes  in  any 
one  hour  during  which  period  the  fire  box  is  being  cleaned  or  a 
new  fire  is  being  built  therein  is  hereby  declared  a  nuisance. 

The  number  of  minutes  or  seconds  during  which  smoke  may 
be  emitted  in  any  period  as  provided  in  this  section  shall  be 
deemed  to  mean  the  aggregate  number  of  minutes  or  seconds  and 
such  minutes  or  seconds  need  not  be  consecutive. 

The  Building  Inspector  may  order  any  nuisance  as  above 
specified  abated,  and  shall  cause  said  order  before  its  execution  to 
be  served  on  the  owner  or  person  in  charge  of  the  property  or 
thing  upon  or  in  connection  with  which  such  nuisances  exists,  or 


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such  of  them  as  are  in  the  city  and  can  be  found.  It  shall  be  the 
duty  of  the  police  of  said  city  to  execute  the  order  of  the  Building 
Inspector  when  so  requested  by  said  Inspector.  If  the  party 
served  with  an  order  by  the  Building  Inspector  before  the  execu¬ 
tion  of  said  order  is  begun  apply  to  said  Inspector  for  a  modifica¬ 
tion  or  stay  of  such  order  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Inspector 
to  suspend  temporarily  or  modify  it  and  give  the  party,  as  the  case 
may  require,  a  reasonable  and  fair  opportunity  to  be  heard,  and  to 
present  proofs  and  facts  against  the  execution  of  the  order,  or  in 
favor  of  its  modification.  Abatement  of  any  such  nuisance  may 
be  in  addition  to  the  fine  hereinafter  provided. 

Any  person  or  corporation  owning,  operating  or  in  charge  or 
control  of  any  locomotive,  steamboat,  steam  tug,  steam  roller, 
steam  derrick,  steam  pile  driver,  tar  kettle,  or  other  similar 
machine  or  contrivance,  or  of  any  building  or  premises,  who  shall 
cause  or  permit  the  emission  of  dense  smoke  within  the  city,  in 
contravention  of  the  provisions  of  this  section,  from  any  smoke¬ 
stack,  chimney  or  other  contrivance  used  for  the  emission  of 
smoke  shall  be  deemed  guilty  of  a  violation  of  this  ordinance  and 
be  punished  as  hereinafter  provided. 

For  the  purpose  of  grading  the  density  of  smoke  the  Ringle- 
mann  smoke  chart,  as  published  and  used  by  the  Federal  Bureau 
of  Mines,  shall  be  the  standard  of  comparison.  Smoke  shall  be 
considered  “  dense  ”  within  the  meaning  of  this  ordinance  when  it 
is  of  greater  density  than  No.  3  of  said  chart. 

4.  The  issuance  and  the  delivery  by  the  Building  Inspector 
of  any  permit  for  the  construction,  reconstruction,  alteration  or 
repair  of  any  plant  or  chimney  connected  with  a  plant,  shall  not 
exempt  any  person  or  corporation  from  prosecution  on  account  of 
the  emission  or  issuance  of  dense  smoke  caused  or  permitted  by 
such  person  or  corporation. 

5.  Temporary  permits  for  the  emission  of  dense  smoke,  cov¬ 
ering  periods  not  exceeding  six  months  from  the  date  on  which 
this  ordinance  shall  take  effect,  may  be  granted  by  the  Building 
Inspector  to  any  person  or  corporation  applying  for  the  same  and 
satisfying  the  said  Building  Inspector  that  he  will  make  changes 
or  improvements  to  prevent  the  emission  of  dense  smoke  before 
the  expiration  of  the  period  for  which  such  temporary  permit  is 


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granted.  But  after  six  months  has  elapsed  from  the  time  when 
this  ordinance  takes  effect  no  further  temporary  permits  shall  be 
granted  unless  the  Building  Inspector  is  satisfied  that  public  con¬ 
venience  requires  it,  and  permits  so  granted  shall  be  for  a  period 
not  exceeding  six  months. 

6.  The  provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  not  apply  to  build¬ 
ings  used  exclusively  for  private  residence  purposes,  in  which  the 
number  of  families  occupying  apartments  shall  'be  less  than  nine. 
Nor  shall  the  provisions  of  this  ordinance  apply  to  the  City  Fire 
Department. 

7.  Any  violation  of  the  provisions  of  this  Ordinance  shall  be 
a  misdemeanor,  and  shall  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than 
$50  for  the  first  offense  and  not  more  than  $100  for  each  succeed¬ 
ing  offense.  The  prosecution  or  maintenance  of  any  alteration  or 
construction  without  a  permit,  as  provided  in  Section  2  hereof, 
shall  be  considered  a  single  and  separate  offense  each  day  of  such 
prosecution  or  maintenance,  and  each  and  every  violation  of  this 
ordinance  in  any  other  respect  shall  constitute  a  separate  offense. 

Approved,  February  10,  1914. 


AN  AMENDMENT  TO  SECTION  82  OF  THE  REVISED  ORDINANCES  OF 
1908  RELATING  TO  DEPARTMENTAL  INSURANCE  OF  CITY  PROPERTIES. 

Resolved,  That  ordinance  number  Eighty-two  (82)  of  the 
City  Ordinances  be  amended  by  inserting  the  following  words, 
(excepting  the  Fire  Department)  said  ordinance  as  amended  to 
read  as  follows : 

Departments  of  the  City  (excepting  the  Fire  Department) 
having  the  care  and  custody  of  insurable  property  belonging  to 
the  city,  shall  cause  all  such  property  to  be  insured  in  the  name  of 
the  city,  loss  payable  to  the  City  Treasurer,  and  said  Treasurer 
shall  receipt  in  the  name  of  the  city,  for  all  moneys  coming  due 
on  account  of  policies  of  insurance  issued  on  such  property,  and 
the  expense  of  such  shall  be  a  charge  upon  the  accounts  of  the 
respective  departments  having  property  insured  in  the  name  of 
the  city. 

Approved,  February  10,  1914. 


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AN  ORDINANCE  CONSTITUTING  EIGHT  HOURS  OF  SERVICE  OR  LABOR 
A  WORKING  DAY  FOR  CITY  EMPLOYEES. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Eight  hours  of  service  or  labor  shall  constitute  a  working  day 
for  all  persons  employed  by  the  City  in  any  City  office  or  by  any 
of  the  City  Departments,  Commissions  or  Boards,  who  are  paid 
on  a  daily  basis ;  for  all  work  in  excess  of  eight  hours  on  any  one 
day  such  persons  shall  receive  extra  compensation  at  the  same 
rate  as  that  at  which  they  are  paid  for  the  eight  hours  which 
constitute  a  regular  working  day.  The  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  shall  not  apply  to  the  employees  of  the  Fire  and  Police 
Departments. 

Approved,  February  24,  1914. 


AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  DAZZLING  HEADLIGHTS. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  1.  That  no  operator  of  an  automobile,  trolley  car 
or  other  motor  vehicle  while  the  same  is  being  used  or  operated 
upon  the  public  highways,  squares  or  parks  of  the  City  of  Hart¬ 
ford,  shall  use  any  acetylene,  electric  or  other  headlight  unless  the 
same  be  screened,  covered  or  the  light  thereof  dispersed  so  as  not 
to  dazzle  or  blind  other  users  of  said  highways,  squares  or  parks. 

Sec.  2.  The  Fire  and  Police  Department  vehicles  shall  be 
exempt  from  the  provision  of  this  ordinance,  when  engaged  in 
actual  service. 

Sec.  3.  Any  person  violating  this  ordinance  shall  be  fined 
not  more  than  five  dollars  ($5.00)  for  the  first  offense  and  not 
more  than  ten  dollars  ($10.00)  for  each  subsequent  offense. 

Approved,  February  25,  1914. 


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AN  ORDINANCE  AMENDING  SECTION  57  OF  THE  REVISED  ORDINANCES 
OF  1908  RELATING  TO  GRADE  AND  WAGES  OF  THE  POLICE  FORCE. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

That  Section  57  of  the  Revised  Ordinances  as  amended  by  an 
ordinance  approved,  August  10th,  1909,  be  amended  by  substitut¬ 
ing  for  sub-divisions  2,  3,  and  4  of  said  Section  1,  the  following: 

2.  The  policemen  of  the  regular  force  shall  be  divided  into 
two  grades.  All  policemen  shall  serve  the  first  three  years  after 
appointment  in  the  second  grade  and  thereafter  in  the  first  grade. 

3.  The  pay  of  policemen  of  the  regular  force  shall  be  at  the 
following  rates :  First  grade  $3.25  per  day  of  actual  service. 
Second  grade,  $3.00  per  day  of  actual  service. 

4.  The  pay  of  the  supernumerary  policemen  shall  be  $2.50  per 
day  while  acting  in  the  place  of  or  performing  the  duties  of  a 
regular  policeman,  until  such  time  as  the  such  supernumerary 
policemen  shall  have  performed  six  months  of  regular  service  for 
the  City,  and  $2.75  per  day  thereafter,  and  no  allowance  shall  be 
made  for  any  extra  time  of  service  during  any  day  of  24  hours. 

Approved,  February  25,  1914. 


AMENDMENT  TO  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  THE  INCREASE  OF  FORCE 

OF  THE  POLICE  DEPARTMENT. 

Be  it  ordained  by  the  Court  of  Common  Council  of  the  City  of 
Hartford: 

Section  i.  The  ordinance  entitled  “  An  Ordinance  Relating 
to  the  Police  Department  ”,  approved  March  1st,  1910,  and  amend¬ 
ed  March  12,  1912,  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  words 
“  one  hundred  and  twenty-six  regular  men  ”  in  the  6th  line  of  the 
ordinance  approved  March  1st,  1910,  as  amended  March  12,  1912, 
and  inserting  in  place  thereof  the  words,  “  one  hundred  and  forty- 
*  one  regular  policemen  ”. 

Section  2.  This  ordinance  shall  take  effect  April  1st,  I9T4- 
Approved,  February  25,  1914* 


INDEX 


INDEX 


Ordinances  passed  since  the  revision  of  1908:  — 

Advertising  in  City  streets,  prohibiting .  1032, 

Advertising,  regulating  billposting  and  the  use  of  bill¬ 
boards  . 

Amusements,  relating  to  licensing  of . 

Appointees  and  Employees  of  City,  eligibility  of . 

Auctioneers,  licensing  of  . 

Automobiles,  regulating  headlights  for  . 

Awnings  overhanging  the  highway,  concerning  . 

Billboards  and  billposting,  regulating  . 

Building  Inspector,  relating  to  pay  for  clerk  hire  in  office 

of  . 

Relating  to  powers  of  . 

Buildings,  inspection  of  . 1032,  1041, 

Cattle,  Driving  of,  through  City  streets  . 

Cemeteries,  care  of,  transferred  to  Park  Department.... 
Charity  Department,  regulating  salaries  of  employees  in 

the  .  1013,  1016,  1059, 

City  Collector,  authorized  to  sell  land  at  auction  that  was 
acquired  by  strict  foreclosure,  and  duties  of...  999, 


City  Court,  increasing  salary  of  Clerk  of . 

City  Court,  Messenger  of,  concerning  pay  of .  1035, 

City  Marshal,  concerning  pay  of  .  1034, 


City  Plan,  Commission  on,  proposed  new  plots  of  land  and 
streets  to  be  opened  up,  to  be  first  referred  to  the  .  . 
City  Scales,  providing  for,  and  the  duties  of  City  Weighers 

Corporation  Counsel,  duties  of  .  ...^ . 

Criminals,  regulating  transportation  of,  through  City 

streets  . 

Delinquent  Tax  Payers,  penalties  for  . 

Drainage  and  Plumbing  Rules  . 

Driving,  rules  for,  in  City  streets  .  .  1041,  1046,  1051,  1061, 

Drugs,  Distribution  of  . 

Eight-Hour  Day  for  City  employees,  providing  for . 

Fire  Department,  increasing  force  of .  1035* 

How  the  various  Fire  Companies  shall  be  con¬ 
stituted  .  ion, 


Page 

1073 

1037 

1076 

1075 
1059 
1082 
1040 
1037 

1009 

1071 

1071 
1039 
1001 

1072 

1077 

IOOI 

1062 

1064 

1000 

1007 

1070 

1076 

1077 
1019 
1070 
1016 
1082 
1046 

1018 


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Fire  Department,  Providing  for  Captains  and  Lieutenants  in 

the  . 

Providing  for  Second  Deputy  Chief  in  the  . 

Providing  for  additional  lineman  for  the  Police  De¬ 
partment  and  the . 

Relating  to  salaries,  grading,  pay,  loss  of  time,  leave 
of  absence  and  vacations  of  members  of  .  .  1036, 

Relating  to  a  permanent  force  for  the  . 

Relating  to  substitutes  in  the . 

Relating  to  salaries  in  the .  1009, 

Firemen  injured  while  in  the  discharge  of  their  duty, 

payment  of  . 

Fruit  and  Vegetable  Stands,  regulating  the  height  of . 

Garbage,  regulating  handling  of  . 

Headlights  for  automobiles  and  other  vehicles,  regulating 
Health  Department,  regulating  salary  of  Assistant  Clerk 

in  the  . 

Drainage  and  Plumbing  rules . 

Relating  to  salaries  of  Medical  Inspectors  in  the  .  . . 

Relating  to  Vital  Statistics  by  the . 

Human  Food,  relating  to  sale  of .  1028,  1061, 

Ice,  providing  for  Scales  for,  and  the  Weighing  of . 


Inspector  of  Wires . 

Insurance  of  City  property,  relating  to . 

Killing  of  animals  on  streets, . 

Manure,  regulating  the  Transportation  of . 

Concerning  storage  of . 

Mayor’s  Stenographer,  increasing  salary  of .  1008, 

Messenger  of  City  Court,  concerning  pay  of .  1035, 


Moving  Picture  Machines,  relating  to  Protection  of,  from 

Fire  . 

Noise  Nuisance,  regulating  the  use  of  Whistles  and  Horns 
Ordinances  providing  for  the  Carrying  into  effect  of  the 


Revised . 

Peddlers,  licensing  of  . 

Plumbing,  Approval  of  . 

Plumbing  and  Drainage  Rules  .  1019, 

Plumbers,  Licensing  of .  1027, 


Police  Department,  providing  for  additional  lineman  for 

Fire  Department  and . 

Specifying  the  Organization  and  Constitution  of 


the  .  1006, 

Increasing  the  force  of  the .  1012,  1058, 


Regulating  salaries  in  the,  1014,  1028,  1034,  1051,  1052, 
Creating  the  position  of  mechanic  in  the . 


Page 

1009 

1010 

1035 

1068 

1005 
1001 

1030 

1011 

1013 

1073 

1082 

1012 
1019 

1031 
1060 

1074 

1006 
IO46 

I08l 

1010 

1010 

1014 
1066 
1062 

1005 

1006 

1003 

1064 

1032 

1032 

1066 

1035 

1030 

1083 
1083 
1071 


INDEX 


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Page 

Police  Department,  Vacations  in  the  .  1053,  1083 

Ratemaker,  duties  of  .  1077 

Roller  Skating  in  the  Public  Streets,  regulating .  1013 

Salaries  of  City  Officials .  1053 

Sale  of  Land  Acquired  by  the  City  Collector  by  Strict 

Foreclosure,  providing  for  the .  999 

Sidewalks,  Obstruction  of . 1017 

Sidewalks,  Openings  in .  1017 

Sinking  Fund,  providing  tax  for  .  1075 

Smoke  Nuisance,  providing  for  the  elimination  of  . 1078 

Streets,  Openings  in .  1017 

Street  Department,  regulating  salary  of  Clerk  of .  1036 

Regulating  salary  of  Superintendent  of  Streets  ....  1036 

Minimum  wage  for  laborers  in  the  .  1059 

Street  Sales  by  Children,  regulating  .  1033 

Street  Traffic,  rules  for  Driving  and  1041,  1046,  1051,  1061,  1070 

Superintendent  of  Streets,  rgulating  salary  of .  1036,  1050 

Superintendent  of  Schools,  concerning  salary  of  the  ....  1004 

Tax  Warrants,  relating  to  .  1077 

Theaters,  relating  to  frontage  and  entrances  to  .  1067 

Traffic  in  public  streets,  rules  for  .  1041,  1046,  1051,  1061,  1070 

Truant  Officer,  concerning  salary  of  the  .  1004 

Vital  Statistics  by  Health  Board .  1060 

Voting  Districts,  dividing  Tenth  Ward  into  two .  1048 

Weights  and  Measures,  Sealer  of,  relating  to  Duties 

of  .  1008,  1017,  1031 

Wires,  Inspector  of  .  1046 


